Game with two sides touring a country (5)
I believe the answer is:
rural
'country' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'game with two sides touring a' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'ru' (rugby union).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'two sides' becomes 'rl' (abbreviations for left and right).
'touring' indicates putting letters inside (touring can mean going round).
'rl' placed around 'a' is 'ral'.
'ru'+'ral'='RURAL'
(Other definitions for rural that I've seen before include "Countryfied" , "Agrestic" , "Characteristic of country life" , "Bucolic; pastoral" , "Arcadian" .)