Rugby World Cup Fixtures 2015: Full Schedule, Live Stream and Viewing Details

It barely took 24 hours for Rugby World Cup 2015 to show why it's lauded as one of the biggest sporting events in the world, with the Week 1 schedule giving fans worldwide no small amount of drama.

Contenders England, New Zealand and Ireland all got off to winning starts, while South Africa's surprise defeat to upstarts Japan stood out as one of the biggest shocks in the competition's history.

After a short respite, the World Cup gets back underway with a loaded Week 2 ahead, and we provide all the necessary viewing details, along with a look at some of the most enticing clashes to come.

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To make sure you don't miss a minute of the Rugby World Cup extravaganza, the live stream options for every major viewing nation are as follows:

Live Stream: ITV Player (UK), Universal Sports (US), Fox Sports (AUS), Sky Go (NZ), SuperSport (SA)

Conor Pope of the Irish Times provided a run down of the tournament's complete fixture schedule, while you can also visit the official Rugby World Cup website for a more expansive look at what's to come:

Week 2 Must-Watch Matchups

England vs. Wales

Neither England nor Wales will be completely content with the fashion in which their World Cup campaigns started, with the former showing some weakness against Fiji, while Wales lacked clean finishing against Uruguay.

However, after both moving up in the World Rugby rankings in the wake of those victories, the Pool of Death now looks all the more appetising to Paul Williams of Rugby World:

England will hope the backing of a majority audience at Twickenham this Saturday can give them the push needed to claim a 2015 double against one of their most bitter rivals.

On top of the tournament-ending injuries sustained by Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb, Wales coach Warren Gatland was pained to hear Cory Allen's hamstring injury suffered against Uruguay has also finished his competition.

The Press Association provided quotes from England coach Andy Farrell, however, who says centre Jonathan Joseph is a concern for the World Cup hosts this weekend:

Australia will look upon this fixture with glee as they sit back and assess their biggest Pool A enemies before coming into contact themselves in what's likely to be an explosive head-to-head of local foes.

Scotland vs. Japan

There won't have been many supporters—Japanese included—who would have expected the Cherry Blossoms to make a gigantic dent in the World Cup pecking order by defeating South Africa 34-32 on Saturday.

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However, Japan now have to deal with the weight of expectation that follows such an upset, and their collision against Scotland this Wednesday now has so much more riding on it.

The Asian representatives have just gone from potential runner-up contenders to very plausible winners of Pool B, but they'll need to overcome second-favourites Scotland to top the lot.

Coach Eddie Jones believes that is very possible, too, and said a win against Vern Cotter's men will vindicate their cause as a little more, per Andy Newport of the Irish Independent:

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You don't get any bonus points for ranking tomorrow. When we start the game we will both be on the same ranking. Are we favourites? Well if you read most of the papers we're not.

People still think it was a fluke that we beat South Africa, so this is a great chance for us to show it wasn't and really front us as a serious rugby nation.

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Cotter will see this as a massive opportunity for his side also, however. By beating the team that won against the Springboks, Scotland will automatically gain confidence in being able to replicate that feat themselves.

As soon as Japan ousted South Africa from Brighton with a win on Saturday, Pool B went from a sideline story to the headline article, and Scotland's clash with Japan is shaping up to become a stellar encounter.