‘Journey starts in earnest’: DC begins countdown to US Rugby World Cups

Scotland face Eagles at Audi Field but Alan Gilpin, World Rugby CEO, is also focusing on the women's game and more

Alan Gilpin, chief executive of World Rugby, arrived in Washington at a busy time in the US capital.

I don't think we knew about the Nato summit when we organised this trip," he says, from a couch on the top floor at the National Association of Realtors, the Capitol dome looming outside.