The International Rugby Board has announced the match schedule for the 2008 IRB Nations Cup.
England got their Six Nations campaign back on track and ended France's hopes of the Grand Slam with a 24-13 victory at the Stade de France on Saturday, a result which sees them return to fourth spot in the latest Internationl Rugby Board (IRB) World Rankings.
The IRB world rankings will, for the first time, be used to seed teams at the 2011 World Cup.
As we look at results around the world, we have the last pool round of the Heineken Cup. The quarter-finalists are decided in the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup. It took the last pool match to finalise the Heineken quarter-finalists.
In the South American Championship Argentina play Chile at Estadio de San Martín in San Juan on Saturday evening.
The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that the Rugby World Cup 2011 tournament in New Zealand will comprise 20 teams.
The International Rugby Board (IRB) will placed two of the most contentious issues on the table at their 'global playing season' forum in Woking, England, next week.
Chile's Condors led Uruguay's Teros 27-0 and lost 35-34 at the Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago on Saturday, a huge turnaround.
There are several forms of warm-up matches for the teams closing in on France for the World Cup. Apart from the matches in Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff, Portugal, Japan, Argentina, Samoa and Tonga are in action - and in Santiago Chile play Uruguay.
Spain won the second match of their South American tour in Montevideo on Saturday when they beat a young Uruguay side 18-10. This comes after their victory over Chile earlier in the week.
Spain have chosen their squad for their two-Test tour of South America, starting next week.
Italy wing Matteo Pratichetti scored a hat-trick as the Azzurri topped plucky Uruguay 29-5 at Gran Parque Central in Montevideo on Saturday.
For Uruguay 2007 has been a massive disappointment. Full of hope of again going to the World Cup, they had their hopes frustrated by Portugal.
Italy have been forced to replace Ramiro Pez, their Argentinean expatriate fly-half, for their tour to Uruguay and Argentina next month.
The qualifying structure for future Rugby World Cups is to be changed to better reflect the modern game and to increase the profile of one of the world's largest sporting events.