Rugby World UK – August 2019

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YOUR RUGBY CALENDAR

The key dates for your diary in August

17th

Wales beat England

21-13 in Cardiff earlier

this year (below) en

route to a Grand

Slam, but who will

come out on top this

Saturday? Tickets

are still available for

£40/£60 adults and

£10 children from

wru.wales/tickets so

you can watch the

final preparations

for Japan 2019.

6th

31st

Scotland will make history this Saturday

as they become the first Tier One team

to play a Test in Georgia. Tbilisi’s Dinamo

Arena will host the match – and you can

watch it live on Premier Sports. The teams

have met twice before, Scotland winning

15-6 at the 2011 World Cup and 43-16 in a

2016 autumn International in Kilmarnock (left).

11th

If the Tour de France has inspired

you to get on a bike, why not take

part in the Doddie5 Ride 2019 in

the Scottish Borders on this summer

Sunday? The one-day charity ride

is in aid of the foundation set up by

Doddie Weir (left), starts and finishes

at Melrose RFC, and there are three distances you can

undertake – 22, 60 or 93 miles – depending on your

ability. Visit doddie5-ride.co.uk for more information.

PICS Getty Images & Inpho

20th
It’s the one you’ve been waiting for

• Rugby World’s 2019 World Cup
  special. Our bumper 148-page issue,
  featuring in-depth guides to all
  20 teams, exclusive interviews with
  star names and a wallchart, hits the
  shelves this Tuesday. DON’T MISS IT!

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Fancy having
dinner with the
England squad?
Well, Twickenham
is hosting a drinks
reception followed
by a four-course
dinner with the
full England World
Cup training squad
this Tuesday in
aid of the Try for
Change charity.
Tickets are
available from
£298.80 per
person. For details
and to book, see
twickenham
stadium.com/