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About Josh Van Der Flier is an Irish rugby player who plays as a flanker for Leinster and the Irish national team. Life and Career Josh Van Der Flier was born on the 25 of April,1993 in Wicklow. He is of Dutch descent through his paternal grandparents who moved to Ireland in the 1950s to open a radiator factory. Van Der Flier attended Wesley College and University College Dublin. As part of the Leinster Academy he eventually played with the senior team and made his debut against Zebre in 2014. The next year he would be given a senior team contract. He played in the Champions Cup and the United Rugby Championship. In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad where he showed that he was a standout player with great potential as a flanker. He made his debut at the six nations in a loss to England at Twickenham Stadium. Honours Throughout his career Josh Van Der Flier has won: The 2018 champions cup and European player of the year in 2022 Six nations, grand slam and triple crown Rugby Uni

 Here are overviews of some more matches in the Autumn Nations Series this year. Round 2 Italy 28 - 27 Australia Italy got their first ever win against the Wallabies after 19 previous encounters. The Italians were the first to score with a penalty from Tommasso Allan who also converted a try that was scored by Pierre Bruno their winger, their full back Capuozzo further extended the lead with a try after a dummy-pass. Australia responded with a try from Tom Wight in the corner. Australia bounced back in the second half with a try from McReight, Italy followed up with another fast-paced try from Capuozzo in the 64th minute. Australia scored twice more, they were one point behind Italy with their 80th minute try, but Ben Donaldson failed to convert it leaving Italy victorious in Florence. Round 3 Wales 12 - 13 Georgia A breakthrough match for Georgia Rugby as the beat Wales in the Principality Stadium. Georgia gained a penalty in the 1st minute with Tedo Abzhandadze slotting it through th

About  Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish rugby union player and is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time . He played as 13 or outside centre for Leinster rugby team, he also Captained the Irish national team and the British and Irish Lions, a combined squad of the best players from the UK and Ireland. O'Driscoll is the fourth most capped player in rugby history with 141 appearances. He is the 8th highest try scorer in international rugby history with 47 tries. Early Life  O'Driscoll was born in Dublin. The  O'Driscoll's family was steeped in rugby. His father, Frank, played two games for Ireland and a cousin of his father,  Barry , won four caps.  Barry's brother John however had  represented Ireland 26 times and was a member of the Lions side that toured in 1980 . As a child, Brian played Gaelic Football before switching to rugby.  He went to Blackrock College , where he played in the Senior Cup  team.  He was  capped  three times for The  Ireland Sch

 About Antoine Dupont is considered one of the best rugby union players. He plays as a scrum half for Toulouse rugby club and the French national team, the latter of which he is the captain of. Life and Club Career Dupont was born on the 15th of November 1996, he grew up in the village of Castelnau-Magnoac and at the age of 4 he started playing for the local rugby club Magnoac FC. He joined second division club "FC Auch Gers" in 2011 as a junior, he displayed promising talent at the club.  Auch were later relegated from the second division in 2014 and Dupont joined the Top 14 (first division) club Castres Olympique after they won the title in 2013. In 2016 he was recruited by Toulouse to play in the 2017-18 season.  Academically, Dupont studied for a master's degree in sport management in 2019 at the Toulouse School of Management  At Toulouse, Dupont's talent flourished as he won the Top 14 title twice with the club and beat rivals La Rochelle 22-17 in the 2020-2021 E

The Autumn Nations Series are rugby test matches played during October and November. It involves teams from the northern hemisphere playing against teams from the southern hemisphere. Teams usually play 2-4 matches and the results contribute to the World Rugby's ranking system. Teams competing this year include France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Italy, Georgia, Argentina and Japan. Interesting Opening Matches Scotland 15 - 16 Australia Australia managed to get the edge over Scotland with three penalty kicks from Bernard Foley and a conversion from a try from James Slipper. They managed to hold onto their narrow lead as Scotland's Fly Half Blair Kinghorn missed a crucial penalty kick. Overall both sides were matched in strength and ability with Australia emerging victorious. Ireland 19 - 16 South Africa A highly anticipated match. Irelands Josh van der Flier scored the first try in the 45th minute, Ireland would go on to

Rugby is said to have originated at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England, in 1823 when during a game of football a student named William Webb Ellis decided to pick up a ball and go with it.  Although there is very little evidence to support this theory, the Rugby World Cup Trophy is now named after him, it is called the "Web Ellis Cup." In 1863 a collection of British boarding schools and clubs met and decided upon a set of rules and in 1871 Rugby Football Union was officially formed. That same  year, the first ever international rugby union match was played between Scotland and England. Held in Raeburn Place on the 27th of March in front of a crowd of 4000 spectators. Scotland won the match with two tries and a drop goal to Englands single try . Rugby grew and became popular throughout the B riti sh Empire.   For example in Australia the first formal team was Sydney University Football Club, in 1869 the first match was played between the University of Sydney and Newington