CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — After failing with three successive bids, South Africa was recommended on Tuesday as the best host for the 2023 Rugby World Cup ahead of France and Ireland. World Rugby released a bid evaluation report by its experts and external consultants, and said South Africa was the unanimous pick. The final decision will be made on Nov. 15 in London in a secret ballot of World Rugby council members. The recommendation by the board of Rugby World Cup Limited, a World Rugby subsidiary, is expected to be rubber-stamped, though. “The comprehensive and independently scrutinized evaluation reaffirmed that we have three exceptional bids but it also identified South Africa as a clear leader based on performance against the key criteria,” World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said. South Africa hosted and won the Rugby World Cup in 1995, a tournament made memorable by the appearance of the late Nelson Mandela at the final in Johannesburg wearing a Springboks jersey. That ’95 World Cup is still ranked by many as the best ever, both for the emotion that surrounded the tournament and for its relative financial success. France hosted as recently as 2007, while Ireland hopes to host…