A second-string Italian side has cruised past a gallant Canada in Fukuoka, racking up seven tries in a 48-7 victory that keeps them at the top of Pool B with a maximum 10-point return.

The 2019 Rugby World Cup has been set alight by it’s first upset, with unfancied Uruguay stunning Fiji 30-27 in an emotional occasion at Kamaishi Memorial Stadium, with the game preceded by a tribute to the members of the local community lost in the devastating tsunami of 2011.

Samoa have overcome two yellow cards and stubborn resistance from Russia, to start their World Cup campaign with a 34-9 win in Kumagaya.