Aaron Wainwright is set to make his World Cup debut for Wales after he was named in the starting line-up for the clash against Georgia to be played in Aichi on Monday.
For Scotland’s rugby players, the next few days are massive and Gary Heatly assesses the importance of their penultimate warm-up match against Georgia on Saturday evening.
Munster Rugby have announced that Graham Rowntree will be appointed as the forwards coach after signing a contract until at the end of the 2021/22 season.
Fiji have confirmed their berth in the 2019 World Cup after securing the top spot in the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2017 tournament when they defeated Tonga 14-10 in Nuku'alofa on Saturday.
Ramiro Moyano Joya scored a hat-trick while Nicolas Sanchez contributed with 20 points as Argentina completed a comfortable 45-29 win over Georgia at Estadio 23 de Agosto on Saturday.
South Africa Under-20 flanker Zain Davids has been handed a two game ban following his red card incident against Georgia in the recently concluded U20 Championship encounter at Avchala Stadium on Sunday.
England Under-20 team started their tile defence with a resounding 74-17 win over Samoa Under-20 team in the World Rugby U20 Championship 2017 encounter at Avchala Stadium.
When the England U20 side secured a Six Nations Grand Slam earlier this year, they looked for all money as if they would head to the World Rugby U20 Championship as red-hot favourites to retain the title they won in 2016.