RUGBY MATTERS
BRENDAN GALLAGHER
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Delight: Spain U20 celebrate victory over Fiji
PICTURE: World Rugby

HISTORY will probably record that Mikel Oyarzabal’s 86th minute winner in the European Cup Final in Berlin was the most important kick by a Spanish man or woman in 2024 but I think there is another contender.
Ahead of their final match at the Junior World Cup in South Africa, Spain had already won many friends and admirers for their ferocious textbook tackling and neve-say-die spirit on their tournament debut. David v...