The definitive review of a frenetic opening weekend

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

After witnessing a frenetic start to the tournament, Chris Jones, Ugo Monye, Chris Ashton and Johnny Beattie discuss the best and worst performances. They analyse winning starts for England, Wales and Ireland and assess what the likes of Scotland and New Zealand need to do in order to improve on their opening losses.

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0:30.9	Five Lives Rugby Union Daily at the Rugby World Cup
0:35.3	from 2023.
0:42.6	Who go more on your Johnny B.C. Chris Ashton?
0:44.6	The definitive review of the first weekend of the Rugby World Cup.
0:49.4	And who go, as you are one of the pod Godfathers,
0:53.0	and I'll make in your Rugby World Cup 2023 debut on the pod.
0:57.3	You have the first word.
0:58.4	Did the first weekend live up to the hype?
1:00.6	The opening night is pretty special, isn't it?
1:02.6	I said it a few times this weekend.
1:04.1	It's the first game where I took my eyes off the Rugby
1:08.1	because I was just as equally entertained by what was going on the crowd.
1:11.6	The atmosphere was off the charts, Johnny.
1:15.4	And it will be and has been the most watch rugby game in the history of our sports.
1:19.2	So a great start, the most anticipated game.
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