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Dawn of new age as Captain Kirk’s All Blacks boldly go to world glory

Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union

The History of rugby: PART 13 1980s - Inaugural World Cup changes the landscape NEXT WEEK: WILL CARLING ERA AND RWC1995

Exceptional: New Zealand flanker Michael Jones in action against France during the 1987 Rugby World Cup final

Dave Kirk lifts the World Cup

THE first World Cup, in 1987, was a hard born affair with decades of opposition only caving in at the last moment in March 1985 when the IRB finally put it to a vote at an historic board meeting in Paris.
Over the years one or two visionarie...

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