NICK CAIN
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AT THE WORLD CUP
THE French love nothing more than a good fête, with every city, town and village finding reasons to regularly party long, hard, and lavishly to celebrate their high days, holidays, and traditions – which include global rugby union gatherings, of which the World Cup is the greatest.
This was evident in the raucous fanfare at the Stade de France on Friday night around the opening match of the 2023 tournament, between France and New Zealand, the team that has always been the benchmark by which the host nation measures its succes...