The Rugby World Cup is just round the corner and Sportsmail has everything you need to know. SIR CLIVE WOODWARD has the lowdown on every team in the tournament in Japan.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD - WORLD CUP WINNING COACH: The World Cup is up and running and my only concern about England against Tonga is evidence of discipline.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: It is not often you get a full nineday lay-off in tournament rugby these days and using this period to optimum effect is important for Eddie Jones and England.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: We have often seen short-handed teams raise their game significantly, while those with a full complement can take their foot off the gas and struggle.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Rugby World Cup has been very unlucky, nature can completely take over sometimes, but were their contingency plans robust enough to deal with it this weekend?

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Everything is coming to the boil nicely and sometime soon this England side is going to produce a performance for the ages. This Saturday would be the perfect time.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I can't imagine England have ever played better on the biggest stage. I felt a huge surge of pride watching this team and admiration for how clever and skilled they were.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Many wrote off Wales's World Cup chances after their narrow victory over France last week. But now I believe they will beat South Africa to reach their first final.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I must admit to just shaking my head earlier this week when Eddie Jones started talking about making England into the greatest-ever rugby team.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD WEEKLY COLUMN: The highlights reel from that game will be brief but as a former England coach who has lost in filthy conditions at Murrayfield I can assure you victory will feel sweet.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England have taken Ireland to the cleaners twice in the past 12 months, but only one of those victories counted for a bean and that was in Dublin 12 months ago.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: When Bill Beaumont clocks back on Monday morning, it would be worth remembering that, although the official tally says 28-23, he actually won by only one vote.

Myriad Polos have come and gone over the years, with 12 million cars sold so far, including past World Car of the Year winners

M-agnificent! M-azing! M-ammoth! M-ega! M-believable! That’s five Ms for starters. In fact, let’s dispense with any cod nonsense and declare this car an absolute superstar from the get-go

Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the A110 was a doyenne of its genre, taking the constructor’s title in the 1973 World Rally Championship. Original cars remain much-loved classics

Everyone who laid eyes upon the Veloce went immediately gooey for two reasons. First, it’s an Alfa Romeo, plain and simple. Second, like most things Italian it’s really quite gorgeous

Like the Royal Wedding a few weeks ago, Royal Ascot a few days ago, or William Shakespeare and Windsor Castle a few centuries ago, we Brits are unbeatable when we play to our strengths

Compared to last week’s all-our Christmases-have-come-at-once-Bentley, I thought the A 200 was going to be a run-of-the-mill, practical and prosaic affair. Well, not so

The A7 is a good-looking, sophisticated, old-school German motorway-muncher, with one eye on tomorrow as opposed to one foot in the past

The Vantage’s new super-streamlined looks and all-round body shape are simply to die for. In profile the car, even at a standstill, looks like it’s flying through the air

Design-wise, it is clear from the off that this is no run-of-the-mill Renault Megane. It has that predatorily pert, ripped-and-ready-to-explode look of Muscle Beach about it.

Dacia production is now responsible for three per cent of Romania’s GDP. Over 330,000 Dacias were built last year alone. Why? Because they are cheap as chips

The Champions League returned with a bang this week as Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid and RB Leipzig took huge steps towards three big upsets.

Spurs have lost both Harry Kane (hamstring) and Son Heung-min (broken arm) to serious injury in recent months, leaving them without a senior centre forward for most of the final weeks of the season.

Jose Mourinho's extraordinary managerial career has contained many memorable moments on and off the pitch, with the highly-decorated Portuguese not afraid to speak his mind.

JAMIE REDKNAPP: If Mourinho needs a striker, then he could do worse than look at Troy Parrott. He's been training with the first team, learning from the master Kane and has been capped by Ireland.

The Portuguese feels that no other side in Europe is as plagued with serious injuries as Tottenham are having lost Harry Kane and Son Heung-min to hamstring and arm issues respectively.

PETER CROUCH: It was Tuesday afternoon when my phone began to ring and an unfamiliar number flashed up. bI'd spent the early part of the day at home, watching the rolling news bulletins.

Sportsmail looks at whether Chelsea or Tottenham are better equipped to secure a Champions League spot ahead of their meeting at Stamford Bridge on Staurday afteroon.

Dele Alli reacted angrily to his 64th minute substitution during a 1-0 Champions League defeat to RB Leipzig on Wednesday. The England international has now been dropped to the bench.

MATT BARLOW AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Mourinho summoned Ndombele and was hoping to get a 'good hour' out of him. It was impossible to describe his hour as a good one.

There was a glint in Pep Guardiola's eye as he talked about Real Madrid, as European football's most influential coach gets ready to tackle its ultimate winning machine.

Luke Shaw believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has put a smile back on his face after a difficult time at Manchester United under the Norwegian's predecessor Jose Mourinho.

Spurs manager Jose Mourinho was full of praise for the RB Leipzig man after his side lost 1-0 against them in the Champions League last week. His agent is not surprised.

THE NUMBERS GAME - JORDAN SEWARD: Dele Alli is statistically Tottenham's biggest goal threat right now with Kane and Son injured. Mourinho needs him firing ahead of important run of games.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY IAN LADYMAN: The latter half of this season feels a little bit like the second coming of a player who lost his way a little bit in the final days of Mauricio Pochettino.

Harry Winks has revealed Jose Mourinho told him he had to train harder to force his way into his Tottenham team and believes English football does not appreciate passing midfielders as they should.

SAMI MOKBEL AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTPSUR STADIUM: Harry Winks, under-appreciated? Maybe, but certainly not by the people that matter.

MATT BARLOW AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: Just eight days after Frank Lampard showed the temerity to outsmart Jose Mourinho for a third time in his short managerial career.

SAMI MOKBEL AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: Having led twice, Spurs slumped to defeat against Wolves - their second consecutive loss in the Premier League.

Victor Wanyama's brother has revealed that the Tottenham midfielder will announce details of his future at the club this week. Wanyama has fallen down the pecking order at Tottenham.

Toby Alderweireld has described the 'strange' time around the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham and Jose Mourinho's ensuing arrival as manager. 

Eric Dier believes his Tottenham future is at centre-half after Jose Mourinho started him in the position for the first time in his side's defeat to Wolves on Sunday.

A clip has gone viral on social media of Tottenham midfielder Tanguy Ndombele sluggishly tracking back against Wolves' Pedro Neto, who nearly set up a goal for the visitors.

Jose Mourinho's Tottenham have lost their last four games in all competitions and have struggled without talisman Harry Kane and forward Son Heung-min.

Jose Mourinho gave the impression of being a changed man when he strolled into the Tottenham Hotspur job back in November. But his moans and groans soon returned as the season unravelled.

What an absolute mess Tottenham Hotspur are in. Jose Mourinho's side have lost four games in a row and are in crisis, but they were in a much worse state before the Portuguese arrived.

Eric Dier's decision to cross the ancient boundary and storm the West Stand at White Hart Lane was not the first error of judgment by a Spurs player on the night they crashed out of the FA Cup.

Gawping bystanders with their phones are surely the most dismal part of the scene. As someone sagely observed on Wednesday night, Stanley Kubrick didn't have that many cameramen for Spartacus.

It all went wrong off the pitch for Spurs on Wednesday but it's not going well on it either. Eric Dier made headlines, although the display was not much to write home about.