The Rugby World Cup is at its halfway stage, with 24 games done and dusted.
The top story of the third set of matches was Ireland’s epic 13-8 win over defending champion South Africa to confirm its status as favorite to win the title for the first time. Ireland was heroic in holding off a second-half surge from the Springboks at Stade de France, where the final will be on Oct. 28, and where top-ranked Ireland hopes to return with its army of boisterous green-shirted fans behind it.
The French victory was soured, though, by captain Antoine Dupont sustaining a facial fracture in an illegal tackle by Namibia’s Johan Deysel, who was red-carded for the head-on-head hit. Dupont needed surgery and there’s no news yet on how long he might be out and if France will see its best player again at his home World Cup.
The European teams completed a trio of victories over southern hemisphere World Cup powers when Wales’ record 40-6 thumping of two-time champion Australia closed out the set of games. It followed Ireland’s win over South Africa a day earlier and France’s opening-game triumph over New Zealand three weeks ago.
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