RUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

If I had a fiver for every time I’ve heard the expression “a game worthy of the final” in the last week or so I would be watching the concluding game of RWC2023 on a sun lounger in Barbados necking a cold Banks with the option of tactical switch at half time to Mount Gay on ice.
Which got me thinking about World Cup Finals and how, if we are being hypercritical, we have yet to witness an absolutely classic game, that mythical match that is worthy of the final. Rarely is the best saved for last in sport, the c...