Quick Tap: Uruguay, High Tackles, and Fitness

The World Cup is well and truely underway, many results have gone exactly as you'd expect, we've had a couple of thrillers, and another which will go down in history. Here are my three main talking points so far from the events in Japan.

Week One in Japan will live long in the memory for many people.

RWC Pool D: Toughest of the lot

And we finally reach the best pool of the lot (not biased I swear), with just over a week to go till it all kicks off. This has the look of a traditional Rugby World Cup pool. There are two front runners who will be pushing each other for top seed, along with a couple of Tier Two sides who will have eyes on causing a significant upset, and then finally a minnow to make up the numbers. A number of games could go any which way in this pool, but who will come out on top?

Wales and Australia have gone toe-to-toe for years, Wales finally got a win last November.

RWC Pool C: More banana skins than Mario Kart

We're at the halfway stage of the World Cup Pool reviews, time for number three. When the pools were drawn, many said this looked like the "Pool of Death". However come 2019 the top slot looks like a foregone conclusion, while France and Argentina will be slogging it out to reach the quarter-finals. Not to mention two Pacific Nations Cup sides who are looking to make a statement this year.

Four years ago England crashed out after losing against two Tier One nations in the groups.
Could it happen again, or will they rise to the challenge of Japan?

RWC Pool B: Decided in Game One

In the second of our summaries of the World Cup groups, we see the current champions faced with a hard fight to top their pool. This group will more than likely be decided in Game One of the pool, on Day Two of the Championship, when New Zealand and South Africa face off in Yokohama. Elsewhere Italy look most likely to gain automatic qualification for 2023, while Canada and Namibia will duke it out to avoid the dishonour of last place. So what are the key points for each team ahead of Japan?

Four years ago New Zealand completed the first-ever back-to-back championship.
They're under more pressure than ever this time around.