Both teams have been named for Thursday’s crucial Pool A match between Wales and Fiji at the Millenium Stadium. With Wales now on the ascendency thanks to a famous upset over England, they must beat Fiji to keep their quarter-final prospects alive, and do so on just four days rest. …

Hard to believe we’re already into week 3! The games are getting tougher, attrition is starting to become more of a factor, and a couple wild upsets have us all second guessing our picks. We’re splitting up the week once again, with our midweek choices up now and the weekend …

The Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Argentina Possibly the best half of rugby of any team in the tournament thus far was that produced in the second …

Patrick Parfrey has been summoned to join up with Canada’s World Cup squad as an injury replacement. The versatile back, who has started tests at both flyhalf and inside centre, will take the spot of Connor Braid, who came off injured early in the narrow defeat to Italy on Saturday. …

Ireland were made to work for it, but came away convincing 44-10 winners over a game but outmatched Romanian side. The game at Wembley Stadium set a new World Cup record with a reported 89,267 in attendance, eclipsing the mark set at the same stadium for the New Zealand-Argentina match …

Namibian Head Coach Phil Davies has named his lineup for Tuesday’s Pool B match against Tonga in Exeter. The Welshman has made eight changes from the side that faced New Zealand in London on Thursday. Veteran captain Jacques Burger will lead the team in search of their first win in …

It was a tale of two halves as Scotland used a huge second half surge to overcome a 13-6 halftime deficit to defeat the USA in Leeds. Scotland scored five second half tries to secure a bonus point and a 39-16 victory. The USA put forth a strong first half …

Los Pumas second-rower Mariano Galarza has lost his appeal and will play no further part in the Rugby World Cup. The Gloucester forward’s claim was refused this afternoon by an Appeal Committee chaired by Prof Lorne Crerar (Scotland), sitting with Justice Graeme Mew (Canada) and Robbie Deans (New Zealand). The …

The world’s number two, Australia, faced Uruguay in Birmingham and sealed a bonus point victory to enter next weekend’s crunch match against England in a strong position. Uruguay did not manage to score but delivered a meritable performance in losing by a margin which could have expected to have been significantly larger …

South African captain Jean de Villiers will play no further part in the Rugby World Cup it was confirmed this morning. The midfielder suffered a fractured jaw in captaining his team to a 46-6 victory over Samoa in Birmingham yesterday. He has been replaced by Jan Serfontein who will join the …