Here's your round-up of all the latest rugby news for Saturday, August 23. Louis Rees-Zammit says the rebel R360 league could up having a positive impact on the global game, but insists his full focus is on shining for the Bristol Bears and Wales. The 24-year-old completed a return to rugby after briefly dabbling with a spell attempting to break the NFL, and has signed on for the Bears for the upcoming 2025/26 season. However, speculation over what might come next has already begun, with some suggesting he could be lined up for a move to the breakaway R360 league. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby. The winger didn't shut the door on the possibility when asked, and seemingly showed his backing to the concept. However, he insists he's focused on the task at hand with Bristol. "Globally, definitely," he said when asked whether he felt the new league could have an impact. "We want rugby to be as big as possible, if we can play it on a global stage, then ultimately that is going to be huge. "I don't know too much about it to be honest with you because I've been away and I wasn't fully wanting to come back to rugby at the time, but over the past few months, I've heard more. "Obviously the media is all over it. For me, my first rugby game back is going to be in six weeks' time, so my full focus is playing for Bristol and hopefully making the Welsh team in the autumn and go from there to be honest." Quizzed on his decision to sign a short-term deal with Bristol, he added: "I think it would be very unfair to sign a longer-term deal here not knowing how I would play coming back. "That's both for myself and for the club. I'm going to try my best for this year and then see what opportunities arrive." Pressed on whether staying could be a potential option, he continued: "For sure, my full focus is playing well here, playing well for my country, playing well in the autumn, Six Nations and then see what opportunities arise." Former Welsh rugby favourite Tyler Ardron has made his Test return as the back-row featured for Canada against the USA at the start of their Rugby World Cup qualification campaign. Ardron scored a record-equalling four tries last night to help his country to a 34-20 win in the Pacific Nations Cup opener - his first international appearance in four years. The 34-year-old was a popular figure at the Ospreys during his four years there. Since his time in Wales, Ardron enjoyed a spell in New Zealand before moving to Castres in France. While there, club commitments - as well as Canada’s slide down the rankings - saw him feature less for his country, with his last cap coming under Kingsley Jones in the ill-fated defeat to Chile in 2021 that saw them miss out on a World Cup for the first time. However, despite still playing in France, Rugby Canada CEO Nathan Bombrys has since reached out to Ardron to get him back involved. “Credit to him (Bombrys), that’s what he did, he called me right up, and I talked to the coach right after, and the whole thing went well,” Ardron told RugbyPass. “Now I have a slightly different vision and see things differently now that I have been back here for 10 days. It’s been awesome, I have really liked it. “I guess I thought, what is my legacy going to be at the end of my career? If I’m not going to play another World Cup, or even if I am, it is important that Canada gets back there, not only for me as a player or the group that’s here, but for the future of the organisation. “I want a young guy to have a chance that I had, and if we slip down to 25th/30th in the world, no one is ever going to get that chance.” He added: “There was no pressure from him. He was like, ‘Listen, this is what I would like you to do, I would like you to be involved, here’s what I see, and we had a great conversation and a couple of after,” he revealed. “His overall plan is to qualify for this Rugby World Cup and to put Rugby Canada in a better place than it was a year ago. “The timing was right, the conversations were right, the vision for the future was right, and everything just came together and worked out that I could come back, and I wanted to.” By Rebecca Johnson, PA England began their World Cup campaign in style after running in 11 tries to beat the United States 69-7 at the Stadium of Light. In front of a record-breaking crowd of 42,723, the number one ranked side in the world went ahead through Sadia Kabeya and Hannah Botterman, before Erica Jarrell-Searcy responded for the USA. After Alev Kelter was shown yellow, Maud Muir and Ellie Kildunne scored in quick succession for England to lead 28-7 at the break. In a ruthless second-half showing, the Red Roses went on to add a further seven tries as Abby Dow, Kildunne and Amy Cokayne all went over and Jess Breach and Lark Atkin-Davies each ran in braces. England have now won 28 straight games and extended their winning run against the United States to 21 matches. John Mitchell named an unchanged starting line-up from England’s pre-season win against France earlier this month, while 11 World Cup debutants were listed in the USA squad, including four in the starting 15. A bright start for the hosts was rewarded in the ninth minute when England utilised the driving maul from a lineout and Kabeya crossed before Zoe Harrison slotted between the sticks. Although the United States gained some ground, the Red Roses soon stormed up the field and their next try stemmed from Megan Jones’ neat grubber kick onto the right flank. Dow then scooped the ball up and from the resulting ruck, Botterman was played in by Natasha Hunt to ground, with Harrison converting. The USA hit back in the 25th minute when a quick switch in play saw Jarrell-Searcy evade Hunt’s tackle to charge down the pitch and score, with McKenzie Hawkins adding the extras. However, moments later they were reduced to 14 when Kelter was sent to the sin bin and England took advantage. Their troublesome maul was well-defended by the USA, who offered some stubborn resistance on their own tryline before Muir eventually went over, with Harrison converting. England then struck only seconds after the restart when Dow broke down the right and offloaded into Kildunne, who flew over the line and Harrison’s kick was successful. Only moments into the second half, the Red Roses piled on the pressure and after 15 phases on the tryline, a quick move to the right saw Dow cross in the corner three minutes in. Kildunne struck for a second time when Breach played a grubber kick on the left, which Lotte Sharp was unable to collect and the England full-back grasped the ball before reaching over to ground, with Harrison converting. England soon sailed away with the game as a quick move from the lineout saw the ball offloaded to Cokayne, who touched down in the corner and they scored again when a quick switch in play saw the ball played into Breach in plenty of space to easily ground. Following another good spell of pressure on the USA tryline, replacement Atkin-Davies powered over and Harrison converted. Kildunne was at the heart of England’s 10th try, keeping her kick in before offloading to Breach to score and on her fifth World Cup appearance, Emily Scarratt was unable to convert. Atkin-Davies added a second try in the final five minutes from another maul and World Cup debutant Emma Sing added the extras.