Japan will play Russia in the opening game of Rugby World Cup 2019 after Romania were essentially thrown out of the tournament for fielding an ineligible player during the qualifying process, World Rugby announced Wednesday.Romania, Spain and Belgium were all deducted points from the European qualifying tournament for fielding players that were not qualified to play, leaving Germany to play Portugal for the right to meet Samoa in the playoffs.The winner of that game joins Japan, Ireland, Scotland and Russia in Pool A in the World Cup which kicks off Sept. 20, 2019, at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stad…READ FULL ARTICLE
