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News24 Sport chief writer
Hitting the ground running ... that quality will seldom have been as important for a men’s Rugby World Cup as it is in the case of the fast-looming 2023 event in France.
The fact that the jamboree is seen as wide open, in terms of likely trophy-winners, and that one side of the draw is controversially "heavier" than the other only adds to the importance of not being caught cold - potentially to a fatal degree - from the very outset in early September.
