The opening week of the Rugby World Cup has provided proof of what many people had predicted: that this will be the most tightly contested World Cup ever.

Has this been the best Rugby World Cup so far? Our rugby experts deliver their verdicts on a range of topics.

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The overall attendance at the 2010 World Cup was the third highest in history, according to FIFA, behind the 1994 tournament in the United States and the last World Cup in Germany.

The streaker - advertising the same x-rated website as the pitch invader at the Champions League final - was caught on the boundary, as England took their own catches against the Kiwis at Lord's.

Daniel Harris looks back at some of the finest uniforms ever to grace the world's biggest football tournament.

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I’ve never dreaded a job more than this one - and it didn’t let me down! Reducing all the footballers who have played in World Cups into a list of the top 50 was hard enough without having to put

Any team hoping to lift the trophy will need a hero, and here Sportsmail pays tribute to the standout stars who have dragged their teams to a world title be it through skill, talent, or a combination of the two.

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Players in tonight's World Cup final will battle for possession of the Brazuca, "the most tested match ball ever".

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Pep Guardiola said "titles aren't all that matter, the 1982 Brazil team was the most wonderful team of all-time." Let's take a look back that a team that boasted Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and others, but fell short to Italy in the semifinals of the World Cup.

Our sports picture editor has trawled the archives to pick out some of the best World Cup images ever taken

PAUL NEWMAN AT LORD'S: Remarkable. Incredible. And any other superlative you want. There has never been anything like this. Not just in cricket but any sport.

Reports that Brazil is struggling to get ready for the World Cup were soon forgotten as the remaining samba schools took to Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome.

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Mexico ’70 was the greatest World Cup ever. From Rivelino’s moustache and Gerd Müller’s hair to Peru’s iconic kit and Pelé’s audacious dummy