By BEN JAYCOCK Sale ………………..37pts Tries: D du Preez 12, Carpenter 37, Roebuck 43, 55; Ashman 78 Conversions: R du Preez 13, 44, 56 Penalties: […]

Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson was pleased with the performance and says things are coming together for his team, just as he expected them […]

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Harlequins v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop Harlequins are expecting a fierce response from Premiership champions Leicester who arrive at The […]

By JON NEWCOMBE JOE HEYES says complacency and the burden of expectation are not behind Leicester’s stuttering start to the season. Five games into their […]

By NICK POWELL Northampton ..49pts Tries: Sylvester 10, Scott-Young 14, Collins 18, 40; Hendy 25, Lockett 32, James 53 Conversions: Grayson 10, 15, 19, 26; […]

Premiership Cup By NICK POWELL Northampton…49pts Tries: Sylvester 10, Scott-Young 14, Collins 18, 40; Hendy 25, Lockett 32, James 53 Conversions: Grayson 10, 15, 19, 26; Matavesi 33, […]

By PAUL REES Bath ………………..17pts Tries: Reid 24, Dunn 50, Annett 62 Conversions: Francis 25 Gloucester ……..21pts Tries: Alemanno 10, 36; Socino 19 Conversions: Hastings […]

A fiercely contested West Country derby left both clubs waiting for medical reports next week. Bath lost outside-half Piers Francis before the break with a […]

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ……….16pts Tries: Wiese 28 Conversions: Burns 28, Penalties: Burns 6, 16, 22 Sale ………………..26pts Tries: Roebuck 10, R du Preez 32, […]

Leicester boss Steve Borthwick urged his team to “keep working and improving” after a third defeat of the season for his champions. Borthwick felt there […]

By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol …………….14pts Tries: Fricker 5, Capon 62 Conversions: Sheedy 6, MacGinty 63 Exeter …………….50pts Tries: Nowell 19, 56; Woodburn 27, 51; Cowan-Dickie […]

Pat Lam said the Ashton Gate crowd had been let down. “That’s the hardest thing, at the end of the day we play for our […]

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Newcastle v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park FRESH from winning his scrum battle – if not the verbal exchanges – […]

Starting: Marco Riccioni SARACENS prop Marco Riccioni is eager for action as he makes his first start since returning from injury. Riccioni, who has 18 […]

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Wasps v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm. Coventry Building Society Arena WASPS are urging supporters to turn up in their thousands for […]

TOM James says Northampton are determined to take their frustrations out on Wasps after starting the season with three defeats in four matches despite playing […]

  Northampton Saints confirmed on Friday what Blindside reported in August, that Wales star Dan Biggar will leave the club at the end of the […]

By TOM BRADSHAW Opposition defences are going to have to keep guessing as Exeter boss Rob Baxter vows to keep mixing up his backline combinations […]

By JON COUCH The owners of Worcester Warriors have risked the further wrath from disillusioned players and fans by suggesting that they both played a […]

By JON NEWCOMBE Jon Callard says he is enjoying “the best of both worlds” after making a return to the Premiership as Bath’s kicking coach. […]

By TOM BRADSHAW The “brutal reality” of Worcester entering administration will be big-name players having to take massive pay cuts at rival clubs, says the […]

By TOM BRADSHAW Leaders of the pack: Saracens, in action against Gloucester, are showing us how to attack, says Pat Lam PICTURES: Getty Images DEFENCE […]

By JON NEWCOMBE Sale Sharks’ Josh Beaumont is full of beans again thanks to the coffee-making skills of rehab partner Manu Tuilagi. The combination of […]

Joe Maddock was instrumental in helping Bath to their last piece of silverware – and the club’s new attack coach wants nothing less than to […]