By COLIN NEWBOULT WITH six minutes remaining, positivity emanated from the AJ Bell Stadium for arguably the first time this season, as Sale were set […]

SALE supremo Steve Diamond has been pleased with the impact of forwards coach Dorian West following his arrival a couple of weeks ago. Diamond said: […]

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JUST over a week ago international rugby was heading for “ruin” according to Agustin Pichot. Firing from […]

HAVING watched Bath detonate their chances of winning at Saracens last weekend by resting 13 players, it was poetic justice when they lost to Exeter […]

By ROGER PANTING DANNY Cipriani reminded his former club of his undoubted talent to guide Gloucester to a deserved victory. Cipriani returned to the Ricoh […]

DIRECTOR of rugby, Dai Young was highly critical of Wasps’ performance. He said: “We lacked real intensity and energy and were very poor. We didn’t […]

By TOM BRADSHAW BATH captain Rhys Priestland issued an honest – and, by his own admission, painful – assessment of his side’s shortcomings after a […]

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Well-worked: Juan De Jongh scores Wasps’ second try PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS – good, bad and indifferent – still managed to quarry […]

WASPS director of rugby Dai Young said: “It’s all about getting results and we’re happy to have done that. “We’ve had two six-day turnarounds and […]

By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA PAUL Feeney has emerged as a leading contender to join the Scarlets’ coaching team next season. Parcy Scarlets bosses hope […]

By NEALE HARVEY Work to do: Dan Cole has a big task to get back into Eddie Jones’ England plans PICTURE: Getty Images DISAPPOINTED prop […]

By NICK CAIN Hat-trick hero: Saracens’ Liam Williams scores his third try after collecting Alex Goode’s inside pass PICTURES: Getty Images ALEX Goode is the […]

TODD Blackadder defended Bath’s decision to rest 13 players against Saracens, discounting the suggestion he was devaluing the Premiership as a competition by saying he […]

By NEALE HARVEY Green machine: Nathan Earle crosses for his first try for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images AN inspired tactical switch in the dying embers […]

GUTTED Gloucester boss Johan Ackermann said: “It’s a very unhappy changing room and the manner of the loss was hard to take. “Unforced errors and […]

By MIKE SINCLAIR He stoops to conquer: Exeter’s Dave Ewers goes over for his first try PICTURES: Getty Images THE Chiefs ground out their fifth […]

FLANKER Ted Hill, 19, has exploded on to the Premiership scene with three tries in less than two matches and Worcester director of rugby Alan […]

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN HERE’S hoping that Joe Marler’s decision to bring a premature end to his England career at the […]

BOB Dwyer has got the bit between his teeth about Australia’s declining fitness levels after watching giant Wallaby lock Will Skelton playing for Saracens in […]

FOLLOWING this year’s European Cup final on the shores of the North Sea in Newcastle – for which tickets are already selling fast – it […]

By GARY FITZGERALD Flying Saint: back row forward Lewis Ludlam dives in to score the third try for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images ANDREW Kellaway claimed […]

CHRIS Boyd likened his side’s fast and furious try-fest at Ashton Gate “a basketball game” as Northampton bounced back to form away from home. Saints’ […]

By NEALE HARVEY Ready for battle: Marco Mama WORCESTER are desperate to snap a run of three straight defeats and flanker Marco Mama knows his […]

Main man: Andy Farrell ANDY FARRELL is being groomed to become coach of Ireland if the current boss, New Zealander Joe Schmidt, stands down following […]

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter:@neilfissler WASPS are fighting to hang onto England hooker Tommy Taylor who is attracting interest from […]

Attracting attention: Luke Cowan-Dickie LUKE Cowan- Dickie is attracting serious interest from Premiership rivals wanting to obtain his services as a contract standoff with Exeter […]

TOULON centre Malakai Fekitoa, who has been attracting interest from the Premiership, could return home to New Zealand. Blindside understands that Fekitoa, who is out […]

ASKED IF he still had something to offer England, star man Dave Attwood said: “Oh God, yes! My dominant tackle and ball-carrying numbers are high […]