World Champions South Africa will be seen in action for the first time since they won the showpiece event for the third time when they host Scotland and Georgia in July next year.

Australia were made to work hard by stern defence from Georgia as they completed a hard-working 27-8 win in their final game of the opening round at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa on Friday.

Australia have made two late changes to their matchday squad against Georgia with flanker Michael Hooper and lock Adam Coleman ruled out following fitness concerns.

Australia head coach Michael Cheika has named David Pocock as the captain for their upcoming World Cup game against Georgia to be played in Fukuroi on Friday.

Fiji registered their first win in the ongoing Rugby World Cup as they trounced Georgia with a 45-10 margin in their Pool D encounter at Hanazono Rugby Stadium on Thursday.

Georgia managed to open their account in the ongoing Rugby World Cup as they eased past Uruguay with a 33-7 victory at Kumagaya Rugby Stadium on Saturday.

Uruguay produced the first shock of the Rugby World Cup against Fiji.

Wales opened their World Cup campaign by scoring six tries as they beat Georgia 43-14 in Toyota.

Graham Rowntree insists Georgia are relishing the challenge of facing Tier One nations.

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.

We take a look at Pool D which contains Wales, Australia, Fiji, Georgia and Uruguay.

Scotland scored a six-try riot as they trounced Georgia 36-9 in their clash at BT Murrayfield Stadium on Friday.

Glasgow Warriors back-row Ryan Wilson will captain Scotland for the first time when they take on Georgia at BT Murrayfield Stadium on Friday.

Scotland ran a five-try riot as they trounced Georgia 10-44 in their encounter in Tbilisi on Saturday.

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.

Italy bounced back from their defeat to Ireland with a 28-17 hard-fought victory over Georgia at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Saturday.

Former England international Graham Rowntree will join Georgia as their new forwards coach until the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

Japan came up with a dominating performance at Toyota Stadium on Saturday as they blanked out Georgia 28-0 in their final game of June internationals.

Despite the team only being decided less than a week before the game, England Counties U20s beat their hosts 17-24.