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Nov 2023
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Rugby Daily | WRU apologises for 'toxic'...

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On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, we hear from Josh van der Flier as he prepares to make his Leinster return. The Ireland back row discusses his World Cup heartache, and how he's recovered.

The WRU has apologised after an independent review found elements of the union harboured a racist, sexist, misogynistic and homophobic culture without being tackled.

The first domino has fallen in Rugby Australia's centralisation plan.

And France lock Bastien Chalureau is facing a longer sentence than first handed to him for an alleged racist attack.

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