YOUR RUGBY CALENDAR

Important happenings in the oval-ball game in October

10th

Paralympic champs Great Britain (below) start their Wheelchair Rugby World Championship campaign against Switzerland this

Monday, after hosts Denmark face Brazil in the opener. There are games every day this week, with the final on 16 October. See 2022wrwc.com

24th

Nigel Owens is releasing a sequel to his autobiography in three weeks’ time. FullTime recounts the story of the second half of his career as a ref and he will “speak his mind on various issues”. You can pre-order it (RRP £20) from Amazon or Waterstones.

8th

The World Cup kicks off with a triple header at Auckland’s Eden Park. First, France face South Africa – when they met last November (left), lesBleues won 46-3. Then Fiji take on England for the first time in the women’s game, before hosts New Zealand go up against their trans-Tasman rivals Australia. All the matches will be available to watch on ITV/ITV4 – but it’s an early start! See all the fixtures over the page and team guides from P40.

14th

Following the Prime Video documentary, there’s a NoWoman

NoTry tour, with panel discussions on women’s rugby at grass-roots clubs.

This Friday it hits Teddington RFC – see nowomannotry.

com/tour to book tickets and for info

on other dates.

22nd

There’s a cracking derby at the Aviva Stadium this Saturday as Leinster host Munster (left). The Dublin province won both URC fixtures last season, so who

will come out on top this time? And which players will put their hand up for Ireland selection? If you can’t be there, watch it live on Premier Sports or RTÉ.