Rugby Union Today: Loose Pass and Samoa’s maximum

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Another busy day in the rugby union game as we bring you a superb Loose Pass plus World Rugby release a statement regarding the early Rugby World Cup performances of their match officials.

What’s on the site

Loose Pass delves into officiating, game-play improvements and tactics in a must-read piece while World Rugby continue that trend with their statement, which comes following criticism of the match officials.

Samoa got their Rugby World Cup campaign off to a perfect start as they beat Russia. Click here for highlights of their win.

There is team news too as England select George Ford as captain and also retain Billy Vunipola in their XV to face the USA.

What’s in the news

South Africa second-row Lood de Jager believes there is no need for the Springboks to panic after their loss to New Zealand.

Wasps have suffered a setback after new scrum-half Ben Vellacott was ruled out for up to seven months with a knee injury.

What’s on social media

We enjoyed this slo-mo of Samoa showing their appreciation to the supporters who came out to watch them defeat Russia.

What’s on TV

The Rugby World Cup continues where all the games will be exclusively live on ITV. It should be another thrilling weekend of action with Australia versus Wales the standout contest this Sunday.

Elsewhere, the PRO14 season gets underway and it begins on Friday with the Cheetahs playing host to Glasgow Warriors and Ulster going head-to-head with the Ospreys, live on Premier Sports.

On BT Sport, the Premiership Rugby Cup has reached its second round as Leicester Tigers host Exeter Chiefs and Northampton Saints take on Wasps, while Sky Sports are showing the Mitre 10 Cup.

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