13 Aug 2013

Sport: Busy November schedule for tier two rugby nations

11:03 am on 13 August 2013

Tier two rugby nations will play a record total of 20 test matches in this year's November window.

Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Russia, USA, Canada, Romania, Japan, Uruguay, Portugal, Georgia, Chile, Brazil and Spain will all be in action, with the three

Pacific Island teams and Japan once again facing tier one level opposition as they enter an important phase in the preparations for RWC 2015 in England.

Included in the schedule is historic first-ever visits by Samoa and Tonga to Georgia and Romania, respectively.

Samoa will also take on Ireland and the French Barbarians, with Tonga to meet both France and Wales, while Fiji will face Italy and Portugal.