Chris Jones on the All Blacks vs France Rugby World Cup opening match | It's Only Sport

Experienced UK rugby writer Chris Jones - calling in from France - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport, to chat all things rugby ahead of the kick-off to the World Cup. Hosts France meet the All Blacks in Paris in the opening match on Saturday morning.



Martin and Chris go through all the main contenders, and how well positioned they are to make it out of the group stage and mount a challenge for the Webb Ellis Cup.



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