New-look Springboks get mixed reviews after Ireland win

South Africa’s rugby media gave mixed reviews to the more expansive game played by the Springboks in their 27-20 win in the first Test against Ireland at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Afrikaans language Rapport newspaper hailed South Africa’s first win over Ireland since 2016 in a titanic battle between the top two teams in […] More

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France votes in final round of ‘seismic’ election

France went to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a crunch election that is expected to leave the far right as the dominant force in a divided and paralysed parliament. President Emmanuel Macron called the snap elections three years ahead of time after his forces were trounced in June’s European parliament vote, […] More

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