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BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back 30 years at how the inaugural Rugby World Cup came to pass

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It’s 30 years ago tomorrow that the first Rugby World Cup kicked off in front of a sparse 20,000 crowd at Eden Park in Auckland, an occasion adorned with John Kirwan’s wonder try when he beat eight, or was it nine?, Italian defenders in his 90 yard dash for glory. The tournament was up and running but only just.
A TV deal had been signed only an hour earlier under the main stand at Eden Park and a tournament sponsor –KDD – had been found only a co...

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