{"id":290105,"date":"2023-09-09T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=290105"},"modified":"2023-09-09T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T10:35:24","slug":"rugby-world-cup-digest-day-one-mail-sport-goes-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/rugby-world-cup-digest-day-one-mail-sport-goes-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"RUGBY WORLD CUP DIGEST – DAY ONE: Mail Sport goes behind the scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Rugby World Cup kicked off on Friday night with\u00a0a packed Stade de France watching on as two of the favourites collided.<\/p>\n
Hosts France handed the nation the result it craved as they opened their campaign with a 27-13 victory over rivals New Zealand in Paris.<\/p>\n
It was the All Blacks\u2019 first pool-phase defeat in World Cup history and they could have few complaints.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sportsmail\u2019s rugby experts Chris Foy and and Nik Simon were there to capture the pre match build up and offered their post match verdict.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Alex Bywater reports from Bordeaux as Wales and Ireland get set for their openers against Fiji and Romania respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n