All four home nations are in match action on Saturday, and you can find reports from England vs Samoa, Wales vs Georgia and Ireland vs Scotland in The Rugby Paper this Sunday.
After New Zealand beat Uruguay we’ll also be across Friday night’s clash between France and Italy – with the winner set to qualify for the quarters alongside the All Blacks – and will preview all three matches on Sunday.
Argentina take on Japan in a winner takes all clash, Tonga and Romania both look to finally get their first victories, and Fiji face Portugal needing a bonus point to qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time since 2007. You can find permutations for every pool on our website.
On the women’s side of the international game, England interim head coach Louis Deacon shares his thoughts ahead of the new WXV competition alongside further previews of the second and third tier competitions, and Ellie Kildunne shares how her fancy footwork and lung busting runs derive from her experiences playing sevens.
Back on the domestic scene, we have a full team-by-team preview of the Premiership that kicks off next weekend as well as continuing coverage of the Premiership and Women‘s Allianz Cups, and the latest on Jersey Reds.
Forgotten England star Henry Slade gives his first interview since being left out of Steve Borthwick‘s Rugby World Cup squad, while Ben Spencer shares how much of a privilege it is to captain Bath for the second season running.
Jon Newcombe speaks to an ‘excited’ James Willliams who is eager to link up with new Bristol signing Virimi Vakatawa, and among our features Rich Baxter talks about his journey in the game in My Life in Rugby, while Bath youngster James Short discusses his upcoming career in the Young Guns column.
Don’t forget to catch this week’s podcast, which you can find on YouTube (also above), Apple Podcasts, Spotify (also below), Castbox, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.
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