Jon Newcombe looks ahead to next week’s kick-off in the Rugby Europe Championship

WHILE Georgia have already qualified for the 2019 World Cup thanks to their magnificent third-place Pool finish in England, the journey on the road to Japan for the rest of the second-tier European nations begins next weekend.
The rebranded Rugby Europe Championship (REC), formerly the European Nations Cup, serves as the qualification process for 2019, with the best-placed side other than Georgia entering the draw as Europe 1 and the next in line going through to face Oceania 3, likely Tonga, in a play-o...