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HOW BOKS WILL WIN 2023 WORLD CUP • SA RUGBY MAGAZINE'S PREDICTIONS FOR THE GLOBAL SHOWPIECE IN FRANCE

WHEN IN FRANCE MARSEILLE • OFF TO BACK THE SPRINGBOKS AT THE WORLD CUP? HERE'S HOW TO SPEND YOUR DAYS BETWEEN MATCHES

BORDEAUX

PARIS

BATTLE ARENAS • NINE STADIUMS WILL HOST MATCHES AT THE 2023 WORLD CUP

WORLD IN UNION • FROM HUMBLE BEGINNING, THE RUGBY WORLD CUP HAS BECOME THE THIRD-BIGGEST SPORTING EVEN ON THE PLANET. SA RUGBY MAGAZINE LOOKS BACK AT THE PREVIOUS NINE TOURNAMENTS

MAKING MEMORIES

BOKS TO THE WALL • THE SPRINGBOKS HAVE THE ABILITY AND HEART TO OVERCOME AN UNDERWHELMING BUILDUP AND INJURIES TO KEY PLAYERS TO DEFEND THEIR WORLD CUP CROWN

POOL A

BIG CLASH

NEW ZEALAND • THE ALL BLACKS HAVE TURNED THINGS AROUND UNDER IAN FOSTER SINCE COACHING TEAM WAS CHANGED AROUND

NEW ZEALAND

FRANCE • LES BLEUS WILL NEVER HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP TITLE THAN AS 2023 HOSTS

ITALY • THE AZZURRI HAVE BECOME A HIGHLY-COMPETITIVE TEAM UNDER COACH KIERAN CROWLEY

URUGUAY

POOL B

BIG CLASH

SOUTH AFRICA • THE WORLD CHAMPIONS WILL BE UP AGAINST IN THEIR BID TO RETAIN THE WEBB ELLIS CUP

IRELAND • THE IRISH ARE AIMING TO BREAK THEIR WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL CURSE AND GO ALL THE WAY

IRELAND

SCOTLAND • THE BRAVEHEARTS WILL BE OUT TO UPSET SOUTH AFRICA AND IRELAND IN THE WORLD CUP'S MOST COMPETITIVE POOL

TONGA

ROMANIA

POOL C

BIG CLASH

WALES • THE DRAGONS HAVE PLUMMETED TO 10TH IN THE WORLD RANKINGS AFTER A DISMAL COUPLE OF YEARS

AUSTRALIA • THE WALLABIES WILL BE BANKING ON A FAVOURABLE DRAW AND THE EDDIE JONES EFFECT IN FRANCE

FIJI • THE FLYING FIJIANS WILL BE HOPING FOR A REPEAT OF THEIR FAMOUS WIN AGAINST WALES AT THE 2007 WORLD CUP

GEORGIA

PORTUGAL

POOL D

BIG CLASH

ENGLAND • THE WILTING ROSES ARE UNLIKELY TO BLOOM UNDER COACH STEVE BORTHWICK AT THE 2023 WORLD CUP

ARGENTINA • LOS PUMAS HAVE TAKEN SOME SIGNIFICANT SCALPS UNDER COACH MICHAEL CHEIKA

JAPAN • THE BRAVE BLOSSOMS WILL NEED TO UPSET ANOTHER TIER-ONE NATION TO REACH THE QUARTER-FINALS AGAIN

SAMOA

CHILE

WORLD CUP FIXTURES GAME ON

THE CHOSEN • THE 33 SPRINGBOKS WHO WILL CARRY THE HOPES OF A NATION IN FRANCE

FORWARDS

BACKS

BEST OF THE BOKS • KEO.CO.ZA FOUNDER MARK KEOHANE, SUPERSPORT.COM SCRIBE GAVIN RICH AND SA RUGBY MAGAZINE EDITOR ZELÍM NEL PICK THE GREATEST SPRINGBOK WORLD CUP XV

NUMBERS GAME

RUGBY HEAVEN • SPENDING SEVEN WEEKS IN FRANCE IN 2007 WAS A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE