By ROGER PANTING CLOSE-UP JACOB UMAGA Wasps fy-half MARCUS SMITH Harlequins fly-half The young players emerged with credit as both got their three-quarters moving with […]

■By GARY FITZGERALD CLOSE-UP MANU TUILAGI Leicester outside-centre Tuilagi charged back onto the club stage like a bull but still ended frustrated and on the […]

QUINS’ DoR Paul Gustard was elated to win a topsy-turvy match. He said: “It was a game of three-quarters, for in the first quarter we […]

ROB Baxter was eager to play down the potentially explosive festive Premiership battle with arch rivals Saracens after seeing his team rise to the top […]

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Well worked: Lewis Ludlam goes over for Saints Decisive: Rohan Janse van Rensburg breaks through to scores Sale’s second try PICTURES: Getty […]

Formidable: van der Merwe AKKER van der Merwe earned rich praise after a formidable display helped inspire Sale to a hard-earned victory. The hooker is […]

By TOM BRADSHAW Carry me home: Chris Harris goes over to score Gloucester’s second try High five: Louis Rees-Zammit gets the fifth try CLOSE-UP WILLI […]

WORCESTER began this match fourth in the table but DoR Alan Solomons admitted the Warriors’ performance was far from being the stuff of play-off contenders. […]

NICK CAIN on the ongoing battle over fixture space in the northern hemisphere In the hunt: Sean Maitland scores as Saracens beat Munster last weekend […]

By NEALE HARVEY Aiming high: Exiles lock Franco van der Merwe PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS LONDON IRISH: Jackson, Rona, Stephenson, Hepetema, Hassell-Collins, Myler, Meehan, Hobbs-Awoyemi, […]

Up for the fight: Elliot Stooke ELLIOTT Stooke is relishing the battle with London Irish’s big beasts as Bath aim to snap a dismal run […]

By THOMAS WILLIAMS ABERAVON ended a run of four straight defeats and sent Ebbw Vale to the bottom of the table with a scrappy victory. […]

By NICK CAIN Star is born: Max Malins goes over in the corner for Saracens PICTURES: Getty Images Early hope: Luke Morahan scores Bristol’s try […]

SARACENS two-try fullback Max Malins drew comparisons with Beauden Barrett after inspiring Saracens to inflict the heaviest defeat Bristol have suffered in the Premiership. Saracens […]

ISRAEL Folau is upping the ante on the cash-strapped Australian Rugby Union by claiming around £7.4m in lost earnings, arguing that he could have made […]