The Rugby World Cup 2023 in France is approaching the business end with the eight teams confirmed for the quarter-finals from 14-15 October. The quarter-finals effectively pit the Northern and Southern Hemispheres against each other with hosts France facing defending champions South Africa. In the other mouth-watering tie of the last eight, Six Nations Grand Slam winners and world number ones Ireland will lock horns with three-time champions New Zealand. Only four nations - England, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa - have won the coveted Webb Ellis Cup since the Rugby World Cup's inception in 1987. Shock defeats in the quarter-finals could see a changing of the guard at rugby's showpiece event.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 08, 2023 21:33 UTC