Former Fiji age-group rugby player who hails from Ba and USA Olympic Sevens representative Andrew Durutalo has joined the Japan Rugby High Performance

The Springboks are out in front on the southern hemisphere section of the inaugural Nations Championship log but that is in an important aspect of the buildup to next year’s Rugby World Cup in Australia that Rassie Erasmus’ team are way ahead of the rest of the teams.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The gap between New Zealand's ambition and execution widened as the All Blacks overcame a slow start to beat Italy 47-17 Saturday and remain unbeaten after two rounds of rugby's Nations Championship.

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Six rounds of matches will precede a finals series in London.

The Chicago Hounds won their first-ever championship over the weekend, in just their fourth year of existence.

Japan and Ireland will both look to build on opening weekend wins when they meet in the Nations Championship on Saturday. The pair are set to face off in Australia's McDonald Jones Stadium as part of a stacked second Saturday of the new 12-team international rugby union tournament.