A dominant performance in Kobe has seen a much-changed England rack up another bonus point victory in Pool C, this time chalking up seven tries to see off the USA 45-7.

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.