Rugby World Cup warm-ups: talking points from the weekend action

An unlikely win for Canada, strength in adversity from Japan, and a torrid time for Uruguay are just a few of the things we can expect at the Rugby World Cup1) Wales’s Tipuric gives Gatland food for thoughtJustin Tipuric’s man-of-the-match performance at the Aviva Stadium reignited the debate about Wales’s most effective combination. The Osprey flanker was playing on the open-side because of an injury to Sam Warburton, the national captain for the last four years. Tipuric has the misfortune to be shadowing a player who not only wears the armband but who is one of the leading players in his pos…