The Test teams for Saturday’s matches as they are announced.
HONG KONG vs CANADA (Friday, 10pm)
Hong Kong – 15 Casey Stone, 14 Salom Yiu, 13 Tyler Spitz, 12 Ben Axten-Burrett, 11 Conor Hartley, 10 Matt Rosslee, 9 Liam Slatem, 8 Thomas Lamboley, 7 Toby Fenn, 6 James Cunningham, 5 Fin Field, 4 Craig Lodge, 3 Grant Kemp, 2 Dayne Jans, 1 Dan Barlow.
Subs: 16 Alex Post, 17 Ben Higgins, 18 Jack Parfitt, 19 Michael Parfitt, 20 Nick Hewson, 21 Jamie Lauder, 22 Jamie Hood, 23 Max Woodward.
Canada – 15 Theo Sauder, 14 Taylor Paris, 13 Ben LeSage, 12 Ciaran Hern, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Gordon McRorie, 9 Phil Mack (c), 8 Tyler Ardron, 7 Lucas Rumball, 6 Kyle Baillie, 5 Evan Olmstead, 4 Mike Sheppard, 3 Matt Tierney, 2 Ray Barkwill, 1 Hubert Buydens.
Subs: 16 Eric Howard, 17 Djustice Sears-Duru, 18 Jake Ilnicky, 19 Brett Beukeboom, 20 Matt Heaton, 21 Jamie MacKenzie, 22 Nick Blevins, 23 Conor Trainor.
JAPAN vs RUSSIA (4pm)
Japan – 15 Willam Tupou, 14 Amanaki Taiyo Lotoahea, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Ryoto Nakamura, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Rikiya Matsuda, 9 Kaito Shigeno, 8 Hendrik Tui, 7 Masakatsu Nishikawa, 6 Michael Leitch (c), 5 Wimpie van der Walt, 4 Kazuki Himeno, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Atsushi Sakate, 1 Keita Inagaki
Subs: 16 Kosuke Horikoshi, 17 Matsataska Mikami, 18 Hiroshi Yamashita, 19 Yuya Odo, 20 Isileli Nakajima, 21 Yutaka Nagare, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Yusuke Kajimura.
Russia – 15 Vasily Artemyev (c), 14 Mikhail Babaev, 13 Vladimir Ostroushko, 12 Dmitry Gerasimov, 11 Danil Potikhanov, 10 Yuri Kushnarevm, 9 Vasily Dorofeev, 8 Nikita Vavilin, 7 Tagir Gadzhiev, 6 Vitaly Zhivatov, 5 Andrei Garbuzov, 4 Andrei Ostrikov, 3 Vladimir Podrezov, 2 Stanislav Selsky, 1 Valery Morozov.
Subs: 16 Evgeny Mateev, 17 Sergei Sekisov, 18 Anton Drozdov, 19 Alexander Ilin, 20 Anton Seychev, 21 Dmitry Perov, 22 Ramil Gaisin, 23 Sergei Trishin.
ITALY vs ALL BLACKS (4pm)
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Italy – 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Tommaso Castello, 11 Luca Sperandio, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Abraham Jurgens Steyn, 7 Jake Polledri, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Alessandro Zanni, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c), 1 Andrea Lovotti.
Subs: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Marco Fuser, 20 Johan Meyer, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Luca Morisi, 23 Edoardo Padovani.
All Blacks – 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Jordie Barrett, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Ngani Laumape, 11 Waisake Naholo, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ofa Tuungasfasi.
Subs: 16 Nathan Harris, 17 Karl Tu’inukuafe, 18 Angus Ta’avao, 19 Brodie Retallick, 20 Dalton Papalii, 21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22 Richie Mo’unga, 23 Rieko Ioane.
SCOTLAND vs ARGENTINA (4:30pm)
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Scotland – 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Finn Russell, 11 Blair Kinghorn, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Simon Berghan, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Allan Dell.
Subs: 16 Stuart McInally 17 Alex Allan, 18 WP Nel, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 George Horne, 22 Alex Dunbar, 23 Byron McGuigan.
Argentina – 15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Jeronimo De La Fuente, 11 Ramiro Moyano, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Javier Ortega Desio, 7 Rodrigo Bruni, 6 Pablo Matera (c), 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Santiago Medrano, 2 Augustin Creevy, 1 Santiago Garcia Botta
Subs: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Juan Pablo Zeiss, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Tomas Lezana, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Matias Orlando, 23 Sebastián Cancelliere.
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PORTUGAL vs NAMIBIA (5pm)
Portugal – TBC
Namibia – 15 Chrysander Botha, 14 Chad Plato, 13 JC Greyling, 12 Darryl De La Harpe (c), 11 Johan Tromp, 10 Cliven Loubser, 9 Damian Stevens, 8 Rohan Kitshoff, 7 Max Katjijeko, 6 Thomasau Forbes, 5 Tjiuee Uanivi, 4 Adriaan Ludick, 3 AJ De Klerk, 2 Obert Nortje, 1 Casper Viviers.
Subs: TBC
ENGLAND vs WALLABIES (5pm)
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England – 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ben Te’o, 11 Johnny May, 10 Owen Farrell (c), 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Mark Wilson, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Brad Shields, 5 Maro Itoje, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Kyle Sinkler, 2 Jamie George, 1 Ben Moon.
Subs: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Charlie Ewels , 20 Nathan Hughes, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 George Ford, 23 Manu Tuilagi.
Wallabies – 15 Israel Folau, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Samu Kerevi, 12 Bernard Foley, 11 Jack Maddocks, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Will Genia, 8 Pete Samu, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 6 Jack Dempsey, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Scott Sio.
Subs: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Jermaine Ainsley, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Ned Hanigan, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Sefa Naivalu, 23 Marika Koroibete.
WALES vs SPRINGBOKS (7:20pm)
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Wales – 15 Liam Williams, 14 George North 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Hadleigh Parkes 11 Josh Adams 10 Gareth Anscombe 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Adam Beard, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Nicky Smith.
Subs: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Rob Evans, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Cory Hill, 20 Ellis Jenkins, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Dan Biggar, 23 Owen Watkin.
Springboks – 15 Willie le Roux, 14 S’bu Nkosi, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Francois Louw, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Cheslin Kolbe.
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IRELAND vs USA (8:30pm)
Ireland – 15 Will Addison, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Darren Sweetnam, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 John Cooney, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Jordi Murphy, 6 Rhys Ruddock (c), 5 Iain Henderson, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dave Kilcoyne.
Subs: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 John Ryan, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Sam Arnold.
USA – 15 Will Hooley, 14 Blaine Scully (c), 13 Bryce Campbell, 12 Paul Lasike, 11 Marcel Brache, 10 Will Magie, 9 Shaun Davies, 8 Cam Dolan, 7 Hanco Germishuys, 6 John Quill, 5 Nick Civetta, 4 Greg Peterson, 3 Paul Mullen, 2 Joe Taufete’e, 1 Titi Lamositele.
Subs: 16 Dylan Fawsitt, 17 Chance Wenglewski, 18 Dino Waldren, 19 Samu Manoa, 20 David Tameilau, 21 Ruben de Haas, 22 Gannon Moore, 23 Ryan Matyas.
FRANCE vs FIJI (10pm)
France – 15 Benjamin Fall, 14 Teddy Thomas, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Gaël Fickou, 11 Yoann Huget, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Arthur Iturria, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Jefferson Poirot.
Subs: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Demba Bamba, 19 Felix Lambey, 20 Kélian Galletier, 21 Antoine Dupont, 22 Anthony Belleau, 23 Geoffrey Doumayrou.
Fiji – 15 Metuisela Talebula, 14 Josua Tuisova, 13 Semi Radradra, 12 Jale Vatubua, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Ben Volavola, 9 Frank Lomani, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Peceli Yato, 6 Dominiko Waqaniburotu (c), 5 Leone Nakarawa, 4 Tevita Cavubati, 3 Manasa Saulo, 2 Sam Matavesi, 1 Campese Maafu.
Subs: 16 Mesulame Dolokoto, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Kalivati Tawake, 19 Albert Tuisue, 20 Semi Kunatani, 21 Henry Seniloli, 22 Alivereti Veitokani, 23 Eroni Sau.
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