What’s in The Rugby Paper: 15/10/23

Wales, Ireland and England are all set for huge quarter-finals this weekend, and you can find reports from the games involving the former two, and a preview for the latter’s match in The Rugby Paper this Sunday.

We’ll provide an in-depth preview as England look to reach only their second World Cup semi-final since 2007 against Fiji, who are aiming for the last four for the first time in their history and to bounce back from defeat to Portugal last Sunday.

Shane Williams is backing Wales all the way to beat Argentina, and he’ll be providing analysis from the two sides’ match on Saturday alongside Nick Cain‘s report on the game.

And as well as Tom Bradshaw’s match report on Ireland vs New Zealand, Brendan Gallagher will be delving deeper into the huge clash to explain why the eventual winner came through.

Of course, we will also provide a preview of hosts France’s monumental match against reigning champions South Africa, in the final match of a mouth-watering weekend of Rugby World Cup quarter-final rugby.

Back on the domestic front, the English Premiership gets underway with four match reports from the games on Friday and Saturday, and a preview of Sale vs Northampton on Sunday, alongside an in-depth Championship preview with full list of ins and outs and squads from each team as well as exclusive interviews with Coventry head coach Alex Rae and Doncaster Knights boss Steve Boden.

Peter Jackson investigates the problems around internationals players’ availability ahead of the forthcoming United Rugby Championship campaign, while Ben Jaycock previews the returning URC with detailed analysis of the Welsh regions chances, in comparison with the other twelve teams.

And he’ll also be looking ahead to the WXV1, as England return to their World Cup conquerors New Zealand as well as a round up of the second and third tier competitions that get underway this weekend.

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