Match Preview – Italy vs Argentina
Argentina have won six of the last seven matches against Italy, and claimed the spoils in both previous tests in Rome. Can Italy build on their sloppy win over Fiji?
Match Preview – Georgia vs Samoa
Samoa travel to Georgia for the first time in only the second meeting between the two countries, the last being an emphatic 46-9 Manu victory at the 2003 World Cup.
Match Preview – Wales vs Tonga
Wales face Tonga for the first time in a decade on Friday evening, and have already stirred things up with coach Shaun Edwards calling for ‘referee protection’ for his team.
Match Preview – Scotland vs South Africa
The Springboks will be wary of taking the Scots too lightly, but with several key players absent it will take a mighty effort indeed from the home side to win.
Match Preview – French Barbarians vs Samoa
With all the big nations already booked up, Samoa are instead pitted against the French Barbarians at the storied Stade Marcel Michelin, home of perennial French league challengers Clermont Auvergne.
Match Preview – Ireland vs Australia
These two sides always seem to be up for it when they meet, and this tasty encounter should be just as wild and entertaining with both teams confident of victory.
Match Preview – France vs Tonga
Though the Tongans aren’t quite on the level of New Zealand, the French will be fired up for this one as they look to avenge their infamous World Cup flop.
Match Preview – Romania vs Canada
Canada will be looking to quickly erase the memory of a violent encounter in Tbilisi, but will have to do so against a similar challenger in the form of Romania.
Match Preview – Wales vs Argentina
Warren Gatland has selected an wildly inauspicious Welsh side, including a couple bolters, hoping to get one back on the Pumas who left Millenium Stadium smiling this time last year.
Match Preview – England vs New Zealand
Revenge is a dish best served cold. The icy veins of the All Blacks will no doubt be running thick as they return to the place of their last defeat.