The Rugby World Cup continues today with a lunchtime clash between Italy and Namibia in Saint-Etienne. After hosts France and three-time champions New Zealand kicked off the tournament last night, Pool A continues with a lower-key lunchtime match-up at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. Italy head into the World Cup off the back of successive warm-up wins over Romania and Japan that followed defeat by Ireland in Dublin, having endured a miserable winless Six Nations campaign.
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USA Men's 15s Head Coach Gary Gold has named his gameday roster of 23 to face Kenya in Sunday's first Final Qualifier Tournament game. “We’re very happy to finally be here in Dubai, there has been a lot of build up and preparation to this point, so we’re eager to get underway," said Gold. "We have the full group together now, with the European guys joining our core of players