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Another busy day in the rugby union game as we look back at the action in the World Cup and name our XV from the matches that took place.

Bundee Aki has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after being handed a three-week ban due to the red card he received on Saturday.

Will Greenwood and Rupert Cox look back over a stunning weekend of Rugby World Cup pool games, preview the quarter-finals and hear from England's Jamie George...

Ireland centre Bundee Aki has been banned from the remainder of the Rugby World Cup after the red card he received in the pool stage against Samoa was upheld.

Japan's historic pool stage performance and a look ahead to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals feature in Stuart Barnes' talking points this week...

Zak Hardaker took another major step towards redemption on Monday when he was named in the Great Britain squad for the tour to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

Steve Hansen has ramped up the mind games ahead of New Zealand's World Cup quarter-final with Ireland, pledging to lay false traps for Joe Schmidt.

Cheslin Kolbe and Herschel Jantjies are set to be fit for the Springboks' crucial Rugby World Cup quarter-final with Japan in Tokyo on Sunday.

Kevin Brown is back with his latest talking points, looking back on St Helens' 23-6 victory over Salford Red Devils in the Super League Grand Final.

With the dust having settled on the fourth round of the Rugby World Cup, we have gone through the action and picked the standout players.

Find out who makes it into our Rugby World Cup pool stage XV as the standouts from the last month of Test action combine...

Only 8 teams remain! Joe Large gives each team a rating based on their Rugby World Cup campaign so far.

Warren Gatland believes that Wales' agonising 2011 World Cup semi-final defeat against France probably still hurts those players who were involved.

Sky Sports News reporter James Cole reflects on Japan's victory over Scotland that sealed their first Rugby World Cup quarter-final appearance as Typhoon Hagibis left a trail of destruction on the nation.

Japan's win over Scotland means they go into the World Cup quarter-finals in their highest ever position in the World Rugby Men's Rankings.

Johnny Sexton has questioned the "strange" negativity around Ireland's Rugby World Cup campaign, insisting the side are ready to peak for the All Blacks.

It's time for our Monday wrap of who has their name in lights and who is making the headlines for all the wrong reasons after the weekend.

If prior experience in World Cup play-offs counts for anything Kieran Read knows the threat contained in the tournament's knockout stages.

England's cancelled game with France will not derail their Rugby World Cup momentum as they get set to face Australia in the quarter-finals, insists George Ford.