#Tokyo Stadium

Japan will host the first ever Rugby World Cup in Asia and the ninth in the sports history. England boss Eddie Jones will lead side along with captain Owen Farrell as they hope to improve on an abysmal 2015 World Cup - which they hosted - after being knocked out in the Pool. The side had a strong summer with tests against the Barbarians, Wales,…

The 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan has begun. After the opening ceremony at Tokyo Stadium, the hosts beat Russia 30-10 in the opening game. Despite being favourites they had to work very hard and were 7-0 down early on before fighting back to win, with wing Kotaro Matsushima scoring a hat-trick. But how far can the Brave Blossoms go? Can they…

The only nation not to reach the last eight from my predicted route is Argentina. This is particularly frustrating as they should have won their 23-21 defeat to France 10 times over, missing eight points with the boot and scoring just two tries from eight visits to the'red zone', but that is sport. The only other difference is Japan climbing to…