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Rugby World Cup 2023 Live

Rugby World Cup 2023 Live

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Coverage of the men's tournament for rugby union national teams. It takes place in nine venues across France.

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Italy v Namibia

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Italy v Namibia (Kick-off 12.00pm). All the action from both teams' opening match in Pool A, held at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne, France. Neither of these teams have ever progressed beyond this stage and honours are even in the meetings between them with two wins apiece. David Flatman presents, with analysis from Sergio Parisse, Sam Warburton and Brian O'Driscoll, and commentary by Claire Thomas and Tom Shanklin

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Max Copeman

With the curtains raised last night, the World Cup now takes flight with a quadruple header. Action begins in Saint-Étienne, where Italy face Namibia (kick-off 12 noon, ITV1), who only have four wins against top-tier rugby nations in their history – although two are against the Azzurri…

Attention then moves to Bordeaux, as top-ranked Ireland will want to build momentum against Romania (k/o 2:30pm, ITV1), before there is a first glimpse of Australia against Georgia at the Stade de France (k/o 5pm, ITV1) – and it’s crunch time for England (k/o 8pm, ITV1) in Marseille. Steve Borthwick’s men arrive in France beleaguered by suspensions and poor form, so an opener against Argentina is an acid test that many fear they will fail.

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