A classic Rugby World Cup encounter played out in Tokyo yesterday, with France edging Argentina 23-21 in what was the ultimate game of two halves.

It took them a while to truly click, but Australia have come through a testing encounter against an impressive Fijian side to open their 2019 Rugby World Cup campaign with a 39-21 win in Sapporo.

It wasn’t as one-sided a contest as most had predicted, but hosts Japan have still got their Rugby World Cup campaign off to a positive start with a 30-10 bonus point victory over Russia in Tokyo.