Rugby World UK – July 2019

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YOUR RUGBY CALENDAR

The key dates for your diary in July

13th

The pressure is on

Europe’s top sevens

teams this weekend

as they look to book

a place at the 2020

Olympics. Having

failed to automatically

qualify via the World

Sevens Series, they

will now do battle in

Colomiers (men) and

Kazan (women) to try

to secure their place

at the Tokyo Games.

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23rd

It’s 60 days until the World Cup kicks off

but there isn’t long left to book tickets,

with the third general sales window due

to close at the end of July. If you want to

experience the action first-hand, head to

tickets.rugbyworldcup.com. And if you have

tickets that you can no longer use, the official

resale service is open now too (via same link).

6th 

The Crusaders have been crowned

Super Rugby champions for the last

two years, beating the Lions in each

final to add to the seven titles they

won between 1998 and 2008. But

who will lift the trophy in 2019? You

can watch all the action unfold in

this year’s final live on Sky Sports – home advantage

and kick-off time will be determined by which finalist

has the highest seeding from the conference stage.

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11th

Close to 16 years have passed since
Matt Dawson helped England lift the
Webb Ellis Cup and this Thursday he
is hosting a dinner at Balls Brothers,
Minster Court, in London to talk rugby
and more over a three-course meal.
See undertheposts.co.uk for details.

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NEW

ISSUE

OUT

Get your diaries
out – the Gallagher
Premiership
fixtures for the
2019-20 season
will be announced
this Wednesday.
The staging of the
2019 World Cup
means the English
top-flight season
will start on 21
September, with
the final not until
20 June 2020.
You’ll soon know
all the dates for
the campaign.