FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2019 - Pool D - Georgia v Uruguay - Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya, Japan - September 29, 2019 Georgia players listen to the national anthem REUTERS/Edgar Su
LONDON (Reuters) - Georgia will replace Japan in the new eight-team Autumn Nations Cup competition being held in Europe in November, with the format and fixtures confirmed by organisers on Thursday.
After the original November internationals were cancelled because of travel restrictions impacting the southern hemisphere nations, an "alternative Six Nations", with Fiji and Japan added, was devised. Japan too then had to withdraw because of COVID-19 travel complications, with Georgia stepping in.
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