What’s in The Rugby Paper this Sunday (20/08/23)

As the summer of warm-up games continues, we’ll have all the action as England travel to Ireland and Wales host South Africa in The Rugby Paper this Sunday.

Scotland are not in action this weekend, but Jeremy Guscott shares his thoughts on how Gregor Townsend‘s side could spring a surprise at the Rugby World Cup.

Meanwhile, Peter Winterbottom speaks to Ben Jaycock and assesses where Steve Borthwick‘s England are at and how his Esher side are shaping up ahead of their National Two East campaign.

Much of the latest discussion about England has centered around Owen Farrell‘s red card, and whether it will result in a ban for the skipper, and Paul Rees analyses the confusion across the game surrounding the high tackle laws following that controversy.

In My Life in Rugby, newly-retired Saracens back row Jackson Wray takes us on a journey through his eventful rugby career, and long serving Fylde centre Scott Rawlings chooses the best XV he has played with or against in our Dream Team feature.

Bristol Bears back three player Matt Jones is this week’s Young Gun, and hear from Faf de Klerk and Ian Foster ahead of next Friday’s New Zealand vs South Africa match at Twickenham.

Check out our podcast from this week with Australian legend David Campese on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify (also below), Castbox and Google Podcasts.

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