The Chiefs raced away to a monster first-half scoreline against Moana Pasifika on Friday night before crashing back to reality.
The defending age-grade Six Nations and World Rugby Championship holders have retained the still-underage Josh Bellamy, Jack Bracken, Ben Coen, Kane James and George Timmins while also appointing Dave Walder, the ex-Newcastle boss, as an assistant.
Newcastle Falcons director of rugby Steve Diamond is stunned his 18-year-old scrum-half Joe Davis has not been included in England's U20 elite player squad.
It was last March when the class of 2023/24 clinched the championship with a win away in France and they followed up that success by securing World Cup glory in July in South Africa.
England prospect Chunya Munga has become the first London Irish player to secure a new club following the Exiles’ June 6 suspension by the RFU from playing next season.
The recruitment of a 34-year-old prop from Ireland might have raised a few eyebrows in New Zealand this weekend.
Which team will finish as champions and which team will finish as wooden-spooners in the inaugural edition of Super Rugby Pacific?
Here's how the Chiefs rated after they kept their faint Super Rugby Trans-Tasman final hopes alive with a 36-26 win over the Rebels in Sydney.
RugbyPass rounds up all of the 2019/20 Gallagher Premiership player ins and outs where 10 of the teams will be chasing down Saracens and Exeter Chiefs at the top of the table.
July is here and teams up and down the country are heading back into preseason and beginning their preparations for the 2018/19 season.