In this week’s Rugby Paper – available on Sunday

Two huge upsets have thrown the Rugby Championship wide open, and you can find reports and analysis from both of those games in today’s The Rugby Paper.

That will be accompanied by views on the big stories in the world of rugby, provided by our usual columnists, Shane WilliamsJeremy GuscottNick CainPeter JacksonBrendan Gallagher, James HarringtonChris Hewett, and Jeff Probyn.

One of those big stories is undoubtedly the Worcester Warriors saga, and we’ll be giving an update on the latest goings on in that situation.

There’s more pre-season matches and we’ll provide reports from all this weekend’s games, as Premiership sides Harlequins, Wasps, Northampton Saints, Bath, Gloucester and Newcastle Falcons are back in action.

Former Falcons and Harlequins boss Dean Richards shares his thoughts on where England are at and why Courtney Lawes is such a valuable player for campaign.

Dean Richards called time on a decade-long stint at Falcons in , where he twice won the Championship and guided them to the play-offs for the first time since they were launched

As always, there’s plenty more gossip to be found in Neil Fissler’s Blindside column this week, and Matt Rogerson talks about how ‘s new sensation Henry Arundell will need protection from his teammates after bursting onto the international scene this summer.

And finally, Sam Worsley is our Young Gun, fly-half/full-back and former Scarlets player Billy McBryde chooses the best XV players he has played with and against in his Dream Team and former , , Cornish Pirates and Esher winger Jonny Hylton is the subject of My Life in Rugby.

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