Rugby World’s Start of Season Special 2022-23

A new season is upon us and the new issue of Rugby World magazine has everything you need to know with our team-by-team guides to the Premiership, URC and Premier 15s.

Plus, we preview the Sevens World Cup, go inside the Red Roses camp and look at whether the community game can be revived.

If you can’t get to the shops to buy a copy, you can order single issues online and get the magazine delivered direct to your door – click here and select Rugby World’s October 2022 issue. Plus, check out Rugby World’s latest subscription offers.

10 Reasons to get Rugby World’s Start of Season Special 2022-23

1. Team Guides

Everything you need to know about all the teams in the Gallagher Premiership, United Rugby Championship and Allianz Premier 15s, from ins and outs to key players

2. Downtime with… Dave Attwood

The Bath lock talks shoddy looks, squishy team-mates and swimming the Channel in this Q&A

3. Grass-roots Rugby

“It’s time to revive and restore rugby’s spirit.” Stephen Jones gives his verdict on the changes the RFU has made in a bid to see playing numbers in the community game in England return to pre-Covid levels

4. Stormers Analysis

Sean Holley runs the rule over the defending United Rugby Championship champions

5. Behind the scenes with the Red Roses

With the intensity ramping up ahead of the World Cup, Rugby World headed into England camp to find out how preparations are going

The Red Roses squad go through a contact training session (Andrew Sydenham)

6. Rugby in Norway

We talk to the triumvirate who are setting up teams “in the middle of nowhere” in Norway

7. World Club Championship

Two opposing views on the proposed global tournament

8. Bernard Jackman Column

The former Leinster and Ireland hooker gives his view on the new URC season and how the addition of South African teams has changed the competition

9. Sevens World Cup Preview

Ahead of September’s tournament in Cape Town, Alan Dymock runs through seven big talking points and Australia women’s sevens co-captain Demi Hayes gives a player’s view

10. Players’ Insight

Alex Waller on how to counter-ruck, inside the mind of Sione Kalamafoni, rising stars Liliana Podpadec and Sacha Mngomezulu, and club hero Blair Kinghorn

Rugby World magazine’s October 2022 edition is on sale from 30 August to 26 September 2022.

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