Match Preview – Portugal vs Canada
Canada look to end their disappointing tour on a more positive note as they travel to Lisbon for the third time to face Portugal, a side determined to play spoiler.
Canada look to end their disappointing tour on a more positive note as they travel to Lisbon for the third time to face Portugal, a side determined to play spoiler.
Fiji will look to put the horrors of Cremona behind them as quickly as possible but will have to face the Oaks, undefeated in 2013, at home to do so.
The cold war rivalry continues as Russia prepare to face off against the United States for the fifth time in four years and the fourth consecutive match on neutral grounds.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.