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.Â
Munster returned to winning ways at a rain-lashed Virgin Media Park by beating Ospreys 23-0 in a repeat of last season’s BKT United Rugby Championship quarter-finals.
The exits of players such as Springboks No8 Jasper Wiese and Scotland midfielder Matt Scott were already known, while former Wallabies scrum-half Joe Powell left the club at the start of the calendar year.
Player ratings:Â Leicester Tigers will come away from Dublin following their 36-22 loss to Leinster feeling they could have done more.Â
The Ospreys have announced the signing of Leicester Tigers centre Phil Cokanasiga ahead of next season.
Montpellier were rebuffed in a move for the 26-year-old, so they went for Billy Vunipola instead. However, the whispers are that Mercer's wife Emily flew to France last week.
The 22-year-had had been named on August 7 in Steve Borthwick’s squad for the finals, but his trip to France 2023 was scuppered five days later by a first-half setback versus Wales in the Summer Nations Series.