Round six of the Gallagher Premiership promises to deliver another thrilling weekend of action, with teams looking to solidify their positions ahead of a break before the Test rugby returns in November.
It may have been an off-season with more star departures than arrivals in the Premiership but it never fails to entertain and it’s a big name off the field that’s going to provide the biggest shake-up.
Ospreys produced a stirring late comeback to beat Lions 38-28 and wrap up their Challenge Cup group stage campaign in style in South Africa.
Having gone with a five/three division in his replacements for the opening 11 league and Champions Cup matches this season, Dan McKellar changed tack with his plan B after the pre-Christmas defeat at Exeter.
The sacked England coach has gone home where he hopes to leave a legacy with the Wallabies, starting with a World Cup run in France
The Premiership season is drawing to a close which means numerous players are getting ready to join new clubs over the summer break. Plenty of transfers have already been confirmed across the league.
Grenoble have claimed that they have signed Samoan tighthead Lologovi'i Mulipola, just a day after Newcastle Falcons Director of Rugby Dean Richards stated the prop hadn't signed for anyone.
We cast our eye back to the 2009/10 season and look at who was leading the way for the current Premiership rugby clubs at the time. Welcome to nostalgia.
We countdown the top 15 signings in European rugby this summer, as clubs from the Top 14, Gallagher Premiership and Guinness PRO14 all head into preseason ahead of the 2019/20 campaign.
Newcastle Falcons have confirmed the signing of back-rower Philip van der Walt on a three-year deal from South African Super Rugby side, the Sharks.