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☆ Bruised Ireland reflect on end of an era
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Ossian Shine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"You have a group of senior players who are moving on," he added, standing barefoot, still in full Irish kit. "There’s a group of guys who won't play for Ireland again who have had an incredible impact on Irish rugby, not only in the last few years but the last decade." "It's tough," O'Mahony said. "This is the best group I've ever been part of and these lads will go on to great things," he told reporters, tears glistening in his eyes. No doubt this team will have left Irish rugby in a better place.

Persons: –, Peter O'Mahony pensively, Johnny Sexton, Winger Keith Earls, O'Mahony, I've, Johnny, fellas, Sexton, …, he'll, " O'Mahony, We've, Jasper Shine, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Rugby, New Zealand, Stade de France, Ireland, Irish, Nations, British & Irish Lions, Leinster, Thomson Locations: Ireland, Paris, New

☆ All Blacks left to plot course through uncharted waters
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Nick Mulvenney | Thomson Reuters | Leads Coverage Of Sport Across The Asia-Pacific. Still Reports On The Full Panoply Of Sport. Many Olympics World Cups World Championships Grand Slams Grands Prix | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

So there's some really good things to take out of the week, (but) the biggest thing would be we gave away a few too many penalties. "Everyone's got to understand what we're trying to do and understand how the referees are refereeing. "What we've got to take from this game is the learnings but also keep believing because we did a lot of good things out here tonight." We're still All Blacks, we're still proud of who we are and what we are," he said. And we showed how dangerous we are on the break so that's what we'll be going for next week."

Persons: Sam Whitelock, Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett, Whitelock, Everyone's, Fullback Barrett, Smith, France's Thomas Ramos, We've, we're, Ramos, Jasper Shine, Mike Harrison Organizations: New Zealand, Blacks, Thomson Locations: Zealand, France

☆ Battle of best nines past and present in World Cup opener
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jasper Shine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dupont, 26, enters his second World Cup as captain of an expectant host nation and widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, certainly pre-eminent among test halfbacks. This game is not about me against him, it is about me doing my role for the team." Smith conceded that New Zealand, like all teams, would have special plans to defuse the threat of the 2021 World Rugby Player of the Year's fearless running. According to statistics published in the Times, since the 2019 World Cup Dupont has had 9.5 carries and made an average of 44 metres per 80 minutes. "They're the most beautiful team to watch, a team that generations and generations have dreamed of," he told reporters on Wednesday.

Persons: scrumhalves Antoine Dupont, Aaron Smith, Dupont, Smith, Antoine Dupont, he's, " Smith, Nick Mulvenney, Toby Davis Organizations: New, Times, Blacks, Zealand, Thomson Locations: France, New Zealand, Japan, Zealand, Zealanders

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