Looking ahead: upcoming Rugby this weekend
Afternoon Drive with John Maytham · 17 July 2026 · 8m
Speaker 1: Lovely sport. This weekend. There's the Belgian Grand Prix Max for Stappen with a new Speaker 1: rear wing topping the first practice session at Francochamp. Isaac Hadjar given a grid penalty Speaker 1: to add to the grid penalty of Lando Norris. There's the Tour de France which Speaker 1: has got a Category one climb in it today, but the real action starts tomorrow. Speaker 1: Lovely Mountain stages both tomorrow and on Sunday, and then there's the Open, and there Speaker 1: is Curry Cup starting tonight. There's the Under twenty World Championship final between South Africa Speaker 1: and France tomorrow. The first half of that starts just about the same time as Speaker 1: the second half of the spring Bucks against Wales starts. And I'm sure there are Speaker 1: other sporting events that I have missed out on. For the moment, it's Curry Cup Speaker 1: tonight, and then it is Nation's Championship tomorrow. Japan will lose to France, Australia will Speaker 1: beat Italy, Scotland will beat Fiji, South Africa will beat Wales, Argentina will beat England. Speaker 1: The first match of the day at ten past nine South African time, New Zealand Speaker 1: at home to Ireland. I think New Zealand will win. I hope they lose, and Speaker 1: not because I particularly favor the Irish, but because we are playing Ireland and France Speaker 1: away. New Zealand have already played France at home and beat them just and if Speaker 1: they beat Ireland as well, then I think they are in kind of a better Speaker 1: position to take the number one spot in the Nation's Cup Southern Hemisphere rankings. If Speaker 1: they lose to Ireland then we can afford to…
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