A fractured cheekbone, stunning upsets, titanic quarter-finals and a history-making final - the 2023 World Cup had its fair share of unforgettable moments.
The first tournament in France since 2007 featured the drama of the hosts' captain Antoine Dupont's injury, the "biggest moment in Fiji sport", Portugal winning their first game and Siya Kolisi making history by lifting back-to-back World Cups with aGeorge Ford started at fly-half against Argentina with captain Owen Farrell suspened
Ireland packed out the Stade de France with a sea of green for their Pool B clash with defending world champions South Africa.After the match, the Cranberries' song Zombie was sung by the Irish support in an atmosphere which winger Mack Hansen said was "like a Grand Slam on steroids" and felt more like "800,000 fans".When the head of Namibia's Johan Deysel smashed into Antoine Dupont's jaw, the whole of France held its breath.
Both New Zealand and Ireland met again for the second consecutive quarter-final, but in Paris it was a much tighter and tense affair than in 2019. The bar was set high between Ireland and New Zealand before France and South Africa went to a whole new level.
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