England forward Billy Vunipola has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a knee ligament strain.

The Wallabies have been dealt a massive blow in the build-up to their crucial World Cup game against England with the widely reported withdrawal of barnstorming forwards Wycliff Palu and Will Skelton due to injury.

James Hook and Gareth Anscombe have been added to Wales' squad after Scott Williams and Hallam Amos were ruled out of the World Cup through injury.

Dan Biggar guided an injury-hit Wales to a thrilling 28-25 World Cup win over England at Twickenham on Saturday as they twice came from 10 points behind to record a stunning 'Pool of Death' victory.

JP Pietersen scored a brilliant hat-trick as South Africa rebounded from their shock defeat by Japan to score an emphatic 46-6 victory over Samoa and get their World Cup campaign back on track.

Argentina maximised on Mamuka Gorgodze's second-half sin-binning to record a 54-9 victory over Georgia on Friday to close on the Rugby World Cup quarter finals.

The 1st week of the much anticipated Rugby world cup has come to an end with some enthralling rugby being put on display over the last 7 days.

After their fairytale debut in the 2015 edition of the Rugby World Cup, Japan’s dreams of another favoured scalp were thwarted by a late Scottish charge on Wednesday.