World Cup

New Zealand had to withstand a revival from South Africa, but came through to win 23-13.

Australia head coach Michael Cheika slammed the match officials for focussing on David Pocock following their 39-21 win over Fiji in the opening round of the World Cup in Sapporo on Saturday.

France survived a second-half fightback by Argentina to win 23-21.

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.

Australia scored four second-half tries as the Wallabies fought back to defeat Fiji side 39-21.

In his first column of the new season, Josh Beaumont looks forward to the World Cup in Japan.

Hosts Japan kicked off the Rugby World Cup with a victory over Russia.

Ben Ryan says Fiji are more than capable of reaching the knockout stages of the Rugby World Cup.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made 10 changes to the starting line-up for the opening round of the Rugby World Cup against Ireland to be played in Yokohama this weekend.

Ireland have named Jordan Larmour at fullback for the Rugby World Cup opener against Scotland to be played in Yokohama this weekend.

Scott Lawson looks ahead to Scotland clash with Ireland in his first World Cup column.

Italy head coach Conor O'Shea has named the matchday squad for the World Cup opening game against Namibia to be played in Osaka this weekend.

England coach Eddie Jones has named a full-strength side for the Rugby World Cup opener against Tonga that kicks-off in Sapporo on Sunday.

The Rugby World Cup gets underway on Friday and Joe Harvey & Chris Heal discuss the tournament in our latest podcast.

Argentina head coach Mario Ledesma has confirmed the matchday 23 squad for the opening round of the Rugby World Cup against France to be played in Tokyo this weekend.

Andy Goode believes Owen Farrell will be key if England are to succeed at the Rugby World Cup.

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

France head coach Jacques Brunel has named Romain Ntamack at fly-half for the World Cup opener against Argentina to be played on Saturday in Tokyo.

Australia head coach Michael Cheika has named David Pocock in the starting line-up for the World Cup opening game against Fiji to be played in Sapporo on Saturday.

New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen has named a strong matchday line-up for the Rugby World Cup opener against South Africa to be played in Yokohama on Saturday.