France beat SA, Ireland to 2023 Rugby World Cup hosting rights

15 November 2017 - 15:14 By Craig Ray

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France have been named host of Rugby World up 2023 despite finishing second to South Africa in a technical review.

They beat out bids from Ireland and South Africa and will stage the tournament for a second time following their hosting of the tournament in 2007.

Ireland dropped out in the first round of voting after only securing eight votes with France taking 18 and SA 13.

In the second round France won 24 votes and SA only garnered 15 votes.

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