Rugby union used to be known as the game they play in heaven. On the evidence displayed at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, it is now best described as the game they play in nursing homes: inert, boring and disconcertingly close to death. The try-less dirge otherwise known as Australia-v-Ireland proved the point.
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