Tonga get off the mark with a 45-24 win at the fourth and final attempt, but it's Ireland and South Africa who make it through to the quarter-finals from Pool B.

An improved showing by Romania today, but unfortunately for them they do finish this World Cup with the worst pool stage record of all 20 teams.

Four games, four losses, no points, 32 for, 287 against, a points difference of -255.

This is Tonga's record win at a Rugby World Cup and an exciting game which send them out of the World Cup with pride.

Tonga got off the mark with their first attempt to foray forward, with Prop Ben Tameifuna going on an adventure through the middle and gaining distance while allowing full-back Salesi Piutau to catch up. Piutau did some great work to offload out to the right to onrushing winger Solomone Kata, who collected and crashed over the line.

Minutes later, Tonga continued their early dominance with George Moala bursting through the arms of his tackler Florian Rosu to score on his World Cup debut to make it 14-0 and a perfect start for the islanders.

Alin Conache got the men in yellow on the scoreboard with a penalty, but their spell of momentum was curtailed shortly after when Tonga completely overpowered Romania to the left, forward Sione Talitui brushing off contacts from front row players and assisted winger Afusipa Taumoepeau for a simple score.

Romania did not give up the fight however, and following a cleverly worked line-out they moved the ball through the phases, and number seven Cristi Boboc crashed over to make the game an interesting contest.

The Romanian surge continued after another scrum which Romania dominated, scrum-half Surugiu burst away with impressive pace and power to dive over in his last game of international rugby. 

The teams went in at the break in this closely fought contest 21-17.

Shortly into the second half Tonga got themselves some breathing room as number eight Sione Vailanu touches down Tonga's fourth try for their first bonus point of the tournament. William Havili remained perfect from the tee.

The back and forth continued with Romanian full back Marius Simionescu collecting a clever kick and dotting down a converted try to keep his side within reach with a 4 points deficit.

Tonga started to pull away when, after good probing runs from wings Solomone Kata and Afusipa Taumoepeau, Tonga were in a good position, and the ball was eventually worked to Pita Ahki who had the space to burst over and score.

Tonga dominated the last 20 minutes and never really looked in doubt after Solomone Kata touched down and then the icing on the cake came when replacement Kyren Taumoefolau bursts through with too much pace and power for the yellow shirts to bring the score to 45-24.

An entertaining game and both sides exit stage left from the tournament with their heads held high.

Substitute Danny Care scored late on as an imperfect England came from behind to beat a superb Samoa in a helter-skelter thriller at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

Trailing to a brace of terrific Nigel Ah-Wong tries in the first half, England had to rely on their bench, replacement Care scurrying over late on as Steve Borthwick and co could breathe an almighty sigh of relief at maintaining their winning run at this tournament.

Stating their intent straight away, England’s first penalty in Samoan territory was pinged to the corner, Jamie George’s lineout was taken only for Samoa to get an easy out, from a knock-on.

Soon enough though, England broke through courtesy of a lovely flowing move as Joe Marchant moved it to Samoa-born Manu Tuilagi who drew the defender perfectly before unleashing Ollie Chessum to his left, the Leicester man demonstrating his pace to finish.

Owen Farrell fired his first effort off the tee wide, needing just two points to overtake Jonny Wilkinson’s record as England’s all-time points scorer, the kicking blues also affecting Samoa’s fly-half, Lima Sopoaga who sprung a straightforward penalty badly wide.

Tuilagi, enjoying himself immensely, then scorched through a blazing gap in the Samoa defence, blue bodies desperately piling back with full-back, Duncan Paia’aua making a try-saving tackle.

Farrell then fired through three points, a significant moment for the skipper who motored past Wilkinson's long-standing, twenty-two years, record. 

Seilala Mapusa’s men began to spark back, however, and a fine attack culminated in an overlap on the right flank, number eight Steven Luatua timing a pass perfectly into the arms of winger, Nigel Ah-Wong who accelerated into the corner.

Sopoaga’s successful conversion made it a one-point game all of a sudden, 8-7.

Spurred on, Samoa put together another series of astounding passes, carving England open as hooker, Sama Malolo charged for the line, denied by a last-ditch tackle as a defence which had only conceded one try in three games before kick-off, found themselves on the ropes.

Declining three points, Samoa kicked to the corner and were rewarded with a scintillatingly executed second score as Danny Toala spun a devilishly aimed Crossfield kick out to Al-Wong who gathered calmly and finished, the finesse to a fantastic move which Sopoaga superbly converted.

Uncertainty was causing England all kinds of, before, unencountered problems and Paia’aua thought he’d profited on a loose bouncing ball, gleefully puncing and scoring only for Steve Borthwick’s side to be reprieved by a late, spotted by the TMO, knock-on by Tumua Manu.

Al-Wong went close again, grounding brilliantly in the corner only for his foot to be in touch but England were rattled, under the cosh and fortunate to trail by only six points.

Meandering England possession after the break saw Paia’aua go close again, a rampant run thwarted only by a fine George Ford tackle, to prevent Samoa’s third try.

More Samoan pressure eventually showed on the scoreboard, Sopoaga slotting a penalty to edge them more than one score in front, England seriously needing to show their mettle if they were to avoid an unexpected defeat.

The response came, Borthwick switching Marcus Smith in, and Chessum going close to a brace for his effort to come up just shy of the try line.

Next, Marchant got through brilliantly as England built momentum, this one chalked off as Maro Itoje’s sublime pass to his winger was forward.

Farrell, though, eased heartrates with a penalty that took England back within striking range entering the final quarter in Lille.

Sloppiness then punished Farrell, the captain lining up a penalty straight in front of the sticks only to dally too long and run out of time on the shot clock, an easy three points gone begging for England, aptly epitomising a largely lacklustre performance across the board.

In a ridiculous two minutes, Manu then saw yellow as Samoa were pinned in, down to fourteen.

Setting up camp, a series of successive scrums finally bore fruit in the seventy-third minute, substitute Danny Care peeling off with a sniping sprint in under the sticks, England capitalising on the extra player advantage, Farrell’s easy conversion nosing them 18-17 back, in front.

A rip-roaring finale was seen out by a crucial, crunching Care tackle as England, just about, got over the line to go four wins from four. 

Samoa exit the tournament, disappointed with just one win from four in a group they would have had sights of progressing from.   But having bowed out in style, giving England their sternest examination, and almost earning a historic first win over them.

A fortuitous outcome tomorrow between Argentina and Japan could yet see them finish third and automatically qualify for the next, 2027, Rugby World Cup.

Already secured of a quarterfinal spot, England, needing drastic improvement, will likely face Fiji in the last eight next weekend, should the Fijians defeat Portugal tomorrow evening.

Scotland have secured a dominant 84-0 win over Romania at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille. The expectation was for Gregor Townsend's squad is to secure a bonus-point victory against a struggling Romanian side, but they exceeded expectations with the one-sided win.

Scotland scored 12 tries through Hamish Watson, Ali Price, four from Darcy Graham, Matt Fagerson, Chris Harris, Ollie Smith, Ben Healy, Ollie Matthews, and Rory Darge. Ben Health was perfect from the kicking tee, with 11 successful conversions and Blair Kinghorn added the twelfth from the tee.

Scotland started with plenty of possession, and it was a matter of time before the floodgates opened. Hamish Watson popped up in midfield to receive a Redpath offload to race on an outside arc to the corner and get his side off the mark.

Minutes later, Scottish lineout midway into the Romania was the platform before Price released the ball to Healy, who found Darcy Graham off his wing and through a midfield gap to bear down on the fullback and pass right to Price who ran in unopposed.

Romania could not get a foothold and Scotland looked impressive, dominating in terms of both territory and possession. Darcy Graham popped up everywhere and split the Romania defence to score a first half hat-trick and Matt Fagerson barrelled over from short distance just before the break.

Healy was perfect from the kicking tee and sent his side in 42-0 ahead at half time.

The misery continued for Romania in the second-half with Scotland continuing to go up through the gears.

After 45 mins, Healy chipped a lovely cross kick wide to Redpath who popped it to the looping Harris to grab a try. Ollie Smith and Ben Healy then touched down in quick succession, with Healy continuing his 100% record from the tee.

Cummins stole a Romania lineout and the ball was moved sharpish to Kinghorn who is sprinted it into the opposition half, finding George Horne who pops it back inside to debutant Matthews to gallop under the sticks and brought the score to 70-0.

Substitutes Rory Darge and Johnny Matthews both got in on the action, grabbing a try each to rub salt in the wounds of a struggling Romania.

Scotland will now be facing Ireland in the last round of pool B next week high on confidence after a strong display.

England stamped their passage to the Rugby World Cup knockout stages this afternoon in Lille, winger Henry Arundell among those impressing, with five tries, against Chile.

Their third win in a row, against the low-ranked nation at the tournament, sees England top Pool D with a game to spare, having obtained fourteen of fifteen available points and certainly answered some of their attacking critics with this convincing display.

Finalists four years ago, England were on the front foot from the start at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, early set piece pressure pinning Pablo Lemoine’s Chile deep in their own defensive twenty-two within five minutes.

Dominance in the scrum provided the attacking platform from which they should have scored, Marcus Smith firing a pass with just too much zip for Max Malins, to reprieve the Chileans.

Rapid counterattacking and fine carrying from Matias Garafulic then reversed the roles as Chile asked questions of their own, in an end-to-end opening spell.

Skippered by flanker, Martin Sigren, the captain led by example with an exemplar defensive turnover as the South Americans hustled, harried, and frustrated England.

However, more strong scrummaging proved the key to unlocking the door for England as the forwards did the grunt work well and returning Owen Farrell, spun a fine pass out wide which was gathered and scored calmly by Henry Arundell, the conversion just wide as England struck first.

Four minutes later and England again exposed Chile’s set piece weaknesses as a rumbling lineout was collected and mauled over the line, hooker Theo Dan starting and finishing the score which Farrell converted for a 12-0 lead.

On the half hour, the third try came as Farrell tapped a penalty quickly and from there the scorers combined, Dan freeing Arundell with a precise pass wide as the winger cantered into the corner for his second try in ten minutes, Farrell’s attempted conversion again drifting left of the posts.

Six minutes out from half time, the bonus point was sealed as Bevan Rodd rotated nimbly and muscled his way across the line to dot down, joining Dan in scoring his first England try, Farrell adding the extras to make it 24-0, England in command after an iffy opening quarter.

Icing the first half cake was a fifth try on the cusp of the interval, Farrell feeding Marcus Smith who intelligently grubbered through, sped onto and gathered his own kick, gleefully galloping into the corner, Farrell landing a fine conversion as England entered the break with a pep in their step.

The second half started in the same vein; Chile reduced to fourteen for the fifth time at this tournament when Matias Dittus saw yellow.

Immediate punishment came as Dan had a simple task of motoring over from another unstoppable maul, the hooker on for a hattrick with plenty of time remaining.

Arundell, though, beat his teammate to it, the winger capitalising on more hesitant Chilean defending to dive over for his memorable third of the game, Farrell converting both to make it 45-0.

Amazement of Arundell continued to follow with the winger scoring England’s eighth and his fourth on the hour, chipping ahead and confidently catching, dashing in again, the extras added as Steve Borthwick’s side ticked past the half-century of points.

Another Arundell try came with eleven minutes left, Smith and Farrell smartly combining to release Arundell who again accelerated away, finishing expertly for the ninth English try, Chile out on their feet in a draining encounter for the World Cup debutants.

Smith instigated and scored his second in the closing stages with a speedy burst from deep and he burst onto George Ford’s pass to smash over, Farrell increasing his haul to fourteen with the extras.

Jack Willis waltzed over with the final play as Farrell moved to within one point of Jonny Wilkinson’s points record for England with the last act, an eight successful conversion. 

An emphatic attacking England performance totalling eleven tries as Chile tired against a rampant, free-flowing English team.

Chile face their final match of the tournament in a week’s time against Argentina in Nantes (2pm KO), whilst England can enjoy a fortnight’s recovery before playing Samoa in Lille, to round off their Pool D campaign (4:45pm KO).

Having made 12 changes and without star Antoine Dupont, France flattered to deceive and stumbled to a 27-12 victory over a resolute Uruguay. 

Fabian Galthie’s side were off colour committing multiple errors and 15 penalties but tries from Antoine Hastoy, Peato Mauvaka and Louis Bielle-Biarrey were enough to secure back to back wins and maintain their dominance in pool A. 

France took the lead after three minutes as Melvyn Jaminet knocked over three points following a scrum penalty.

However, Uruguay hit back with vengeance and stunned the hosts with a famous try.

An inch perfect cross field kick from Felipe Alianga landed just over the diving Jaminet allowing Nicolas Freitas to control the ball with his feet and it bounced kindly to allow him to sprint and go over in the corner.

A frantic start saw France edged back in front with a brilliant set move which saw Maxime Lucu feed Antoine Hastoy. 

Jaminet gave France a two-score lead, splitting the posts with a penalty.

France were dominant at scrum time but the Uruguay pack were up for the challenge in their mauls winning back to back turnovers. 

Santiago Arata was floored by a high tackle by Romain Taofifenua that caught the scrum-half in the head and following a bunker review system, the second row was fortunate his yellow card wasn’t upgraded to a red. 

Uruguay appeared to have scored their second try as Alianga crossed but the impressive score was ruled out for obstruction in the build up.

Jaminet missed a shot at goal and Uruguay started the second half better and their impressive performance was rewarded with a second try courtesy of a great finish from Baltazar Amaya as the full back stepped to beat his defender and slide over.

But Uruguay committed a silly error off the restart as Felipe Etcheverry kicked the ball into one of his own players and replacement Peato Mauvaka pounced on the loose ball to restore France’s eight-point lead. 

Uruguay had great opportunities to overturn the deficit working themselves into good positions as they capitalised on France’s ill-discipline but inexperience was their downfall as they endured white line fever. 

France killed the game off as quick hands to the blindside allowed 20-year-old winger Bielle-Biarrey to score out wide.