World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont today (Monday) said that the sport’s global governing body faces a tough choice in selecting the host of the 2023 World Cup after France, Ireland and South Africa laid out “exceptionally strong, impressive and exciting bids” for the national team tournament.
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