South Africa will leave for Argentina in two groups over the weekend with the Rugby Championship trophy in their sights as coach Rassie Erasmus declared their camp in Auckland a success.
The deal for the 24-year-old Ivory Coast international eclipses the £56 million spent on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January 2018.
The marathon marked 50 days until the weekend festival of running kicks off, with the 42.2km main event taking place on Sunday 15 September 2019.
Springbok scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar would be making his debut when he sets foot to field.
Arohasina Andrianarimanana, popularly known as Dax, joined the Lidoda Duvha on a season-long loan after spending one season the Glamour Boys.
Fears that Ebola could spread into neighbouring countries have mounted since mid-July, when the disease claimed its first fatality in Goma, a city of two million people that lies adjacent to Gisenyi.
Three World Cup venues – Kamaishi, Osaka and Kumagaya – are hosting Japan warm-up matches, which should give organisers a chance to fine-tune their final preparations.
Osaka will be looking to regain her form ahead of the US Open later this month, starting with competing at the Rogers Cup in Toronto next week.
Williams is one of five centres vying for four spots in New Zealand's World Cup squad, along with Ngani Laumape, Anton Lienert-Brown, Jack Goodhue and Ryan Crotty, who is recovering from a broken thumb.
Folau, who has played 73 times for the Wallabies, raised more than Aus$2 million in just two days through the Australian Christian Lobby to help pay his legal fees.
