They'll be action, reaction and analysis from both this weekend's Rugby World Cup semi-finals in The Rugby Paper this Sunday.
After an extraordinary weekend of quarter-finals that saw hosts France knocked out by reigning champions South Africa, England end Fiji's wonderful World Cup story, New Zealand dethrone world number one side Ireland and Wales shocked by Argentina, Nick Cain will be watching the Pumas take on the All Blacks as well as providing a report on England vs South Africa.
England are the only unbeaten team in the competition, but will need to pull off another big semi-final upset against the Springboks if they're to make their fifth final in the tournament's history, with the All Blacks focused on the same objcective as Argentina hope to replicate their shocks over the New Zealand in 2020 and 2022 to make their first final.
Looking back at last weekend Paul Rees reflects on the careers of recently retired international legends Johnny Sexton and Dan Biggar, and Peter Jackson focuses in on Cheslin Kolbe's remarkable charge down on Thomas Ramos' conversion in last Sunday's quarter-final that proved to be the difference in the Springboks advancing to the last four.
And while those two look back another columnist of ours, Brendan Gallagher, looks ahead in his Rugby Matters column, as he describes how the Rugby World Cup finals never tend to live up to their billing in terms of a spectacle.
In the women's game, after England's win against Australia earlier today, we have full coverage of the three tiers of WXV and match reports from the Allianz Cup plus an update on Worcester Warriors' financial situation.
Back on the men's domestic scene the United Rugby Championship and English Championship get undeway – you can find previews for the former and the latter here – while the Premiership continues with match reports from the four games across Friday and Saturday.
We'll also have a preview of Sunday's match between Harlequins against Exeter Chiefs including an exclusive interview with Alex Dombrandt, who talks about his reaction to being left out of England's World Cup squad and his thoughts on the impact new signing Joe Launchbury has made at the club.
From a current Quins number eight to a former one, we speak to Nick Easter too – now coaching Chinnor in National League One – who criticises the RFU's governance of the English rugby calling them ‘grey haired old men who live in the past'.
And finally, don't miss our Dream Team feature with former England scrum-half Kyran Bracken, who selects the best XV played with or against during his illustrious career, My Life in Rugby with former Ireland nine Rob Saunders and an interview with Leicester Tigers second row Osian Thomas – our Young Gun this week.
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