Rugby World Cup 2023
All the latest news and updates from the Rugby World Cup 2023, which takes place in France from September 8 to October 28, 2023. Holders South Africa will be looking to retain the trophy they won in 2019 after beating England in the final. Hosts France are destined to be among the favourites after winning a Six Nations Grand Slam in 2022, while Ireland achieved that same feat earlier this year. Since the first Rugby World Cup in 1987, New Zealand and South Africa have lifted the Webb Ellis trophy three times, Australia have won it twice and England once in 2003.
