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New Zealand remain firm favourites with the bookmakers to lift to the World Cup in Japan …
Saturday’s heavy defeat in Nice means squad and coaches are playing catch-up already with the World Cup still a month away …
Who boosted their chances of making it onto the plane to Japan? And who has left themselves with a mountain to climb? …
Gregor Townsend’s side are overrun by rampant Les Bleus in dispiriting start to World Cup warm-up schedule …
Hooker was fringe player when injury ruled him out of the 2015 World Cup, but he is now a key man and favourite to captain the squad in Japan …
Northampton Saints utility-back took a while to make his mark in senior rugby but last six months has seen him emerge as a serious World Cup contender …
Powerful back-row is expected to be fit again in time for first Georgia match, and perhaps earlier …
Edinburgh hooker is a guaranteed starter for Scotland which could be crucial in selecting a skipper for World Cup campaign in Japan …
Japanese back-row is charged with intent to injure former Melbourne Rebels team-mate Lopeti Timani after night out drinking in New Zealand …
John Barclay at blindside flanker but Stuart McInally captains side from hooker, while Rory Hutchinson and Scott Cummings set to make debuts off bench …
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