Sporting pictures of the Week :-9 October

The 2021 Rugby World Cup is finally underway.

A Shaunagh Brown mural in England showing support.

For some context as to how much the game has grown in the last five years, here is the University ground where the vast majority of matches were played in 2017.

Protesting at an NFL match has its risks.

Sheila Parker, the first ever captain of the Lionesses, is honoured by the European champions.

Ryder Cup captains Zach Johnson and Luke Donald to a promo before next year’s event in Rome.

Meanwhile, there’s nothing like a Bangladesh detergent trophy.

All for a good cause etc, but really?

Aw; to be an Eels fan.

A surfer battling with underwater turbulence off the coast of Teahupo’o, a village in Tahiti.