Rugby World Cup: Five things we learned from this weekend in France

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Rugby World Cup: Five things we learned from this weekend in France
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Hansen’s cutting edge is up with the World Cup’s best - Minister makes beer run - Ireland’s bench keep press on - Springboks of surprises - That’s entertainment

Rugby is a sport where the fans get angry when there is not enough beer to buy rather than get angry when there is too much beer. It follows problems before England’s opening match against Argentina at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseilles when fans faced major delays and congestion entering the ground. The last thing France wants is a World Cup crisis a year before the Olympics. So, yes minister, more beer for the fans please.

Ireland went into the break at half-time having scored 31 points. Andrew Porter, Rónan Kelleher, Tadhg Furlong, Johnny Sexton, James Ryan, Garry Ringrose, Caelan Doris and Conor Murray had all been replaced by 56 minutes. South Africa scrumhalf Cobus Reinach dives over to score his team's fifth try during the first half of the Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Stade de Bordeaux. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty ImagesTonga was not a bad match to play before facing South Africa in the third Pool B game next weekend in Paris. Robbie Henshaw made reference to what the Irish team is about to face from the reigning champions.

Performance anxiety is just one of the things Gary Keegan has been working on. It was Keegan who helped transform Irish boxing into an Olympic medal machine and he is now full-time with rugby. Watch this space.

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