

The on-pitch quality at this year's Women's Rugby World Cup may be the best yet but there are still questions about the future of the women's game.
The United States beat Samoa 60-0 on Saturday but have still been knocked out of the Women's World Cup.
Samoa may have conceded 14 tries against England, but even being in the Women's Rugby World Cup is a huge moment for the country.
England have made 13 changes for their second Women's Rugby World Cup match against Samoa in Northampton on Saturday.
Women's Rugby World Cup favourites England will kick off the tournament against the United States on Friday in Pool A. Here is everything you need to know.
Desiree Miller began with dazzle and ended in a daze, but Australia's Wallaroos are hopeful their brilliant treble-scoring winger will still be fit to torment the United States.
The Wallaroos began their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign in emphatic fashion with a record 73-0 in over Samoa.
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England narrowly avoided a shock defeat to Samoa as they continued their unbeaten World Cup campaign in Lille on Saturday behind a late Danny Care try.
Argentina claimed their first win in this year's Rugby World Cup as they beat Samoa 19-10 to stay on course for a quarter-final spot in a tight Pool D on Friday.
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Ireland avoided a slip-up against impressive Samoa by coming from behind late on to complete their World Cup preparations with an uninspiring 17-13 win in Bayonne, France on Saturday that did little to make a case for some of the fringe players.
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Australia A will compete in the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup, which could yet include a Tonga side laden with international talent including former Wallabies star Israel Folau.
Former New Zealand winger Va'aiga Tuigamala has died at the age of 52, his former club Wigan Warriors announced on Thursday.
Former Wallabies back Christian Leali'ifano is one of the first players to sign with new Super Rugby Pacific side Moana Pasifika.
Samoa qualified for their ninth successive Rugby World Cup with a 79-28 aggregate victory over Tonga, winning the second leg of their Oceania playoff 37-15 in Hamilton on Saturday.
They are not there yet, but the decision to hand Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua conditional licences to join Super Rugby from 2022 is the biggest step toward forging genuine Pacific pathways since the turn of professionalism -- Liam Napier writes.
World Rugby (WR) is set to spend 1.2 million pounds ($1.65 million) annually over three years on two Pacific Island teams to help them join Super Rugby in 2022, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday.
New Zealand Rugby's decision to delay a Pacific islands entry into Super Rugby Aotearoa next year was just the latest in a history of the Pasifika nations being "shafted", the head of the Pacific Rugby Players (PRP) union has said.
New Samoa coach Seilala Mapusua is crossing his fingers that talk of a Pasifika team in Super Rugby comes to fruition as he says it would enhance local player development and improve the national team's performances.
The Pacific Island Rugby Players Union has welcomed comments from World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont that it could offer funding to help a Pasifika team take part in a revamped Super Rugby competition from next year.
A bonus-point victory over Samoa ensured Ireland progress to the last eight of the Rugby World Cup.
Samoa coach Steve Jackson said he was left bewildered by some of the refereeing decisions during his side's defeat to Japan.
Pool A | ||||
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R | Team | GP | PD | P |
1 | France | 4 | +178 | 18 |
2 | New Zealand | 4 | +206 | 15 |
3 | Italy | 4 | -67 | 10 |
4 | Uruguay | 4 | -99 | 5 |
5 | Namibia | 4 | -218 | 0 |
Pool B | ||||
R | Team | GP | PD | P |
1 | Ireland | 4 | +144 | 19 |
2 | South Africa | 4 | +117 | 15 |
3 | Scotland | 4 | +75 | 10 |
4 | Tonga | 4 | -81 | 5 |
5 | Romania | 4 | -255 | 0 |
Pool C | ||||
R | Team | GP | PD | P |
1 | Wales | 4 | +84 | 19 |
2 | Fiji | 4 | +5 | 11 |
3 | Australia | 4 | -1 | 11 |
4 | Portugal | 4 | -39 | 6 |
5 | Georgia | 4 | -49 | 3 |
Pool D | ||||
R | Team | GP | PD | P |
1 | England | 4 | +111 | 18 |
2 | Argentina | 4 | +58 | 14 |
3 | Japan | 4 | +2 | 9 |
4 | Samoa | 4 | +17 | 7 |
5 | Chile | 4 | -188 | 0 |