England captain Maro Itoje will return to captain a Saracens side containing four of his international team-mates during the Guinness Six Nations when they host Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership on Saturday.
Bath have issued a preseason injury update confirming Scotland centre Cameron Redpath is one of three players to undergo surgery alongside Regan Grace and Guy Pepper.
Bath will take things week by week as they manage the “significant” injuries suffered by Scotland pair Finn Russell and Cameron Redpath, with no time frame put on their recoveries.
New Bath head of medical services Rory Murray has issued a lengthy squad injury update at the end of the Gallagher Premiership club’s third week of pre-season.
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.
Northampton boosted their Premiership play-off hopes by cutting loose at Leicester but the Wednesday visit of top-four rivals Bath will be a sterner test.
The summer is a time of renewal in rugby and we have put together our Gallagher Premiership U23 squads for each club. Whose future is the brightest?
Matt O’Connor has been talking about the top two being Leicester’s aim this week but their recruitment hasn’t been good enough and I can see them missing out on the play-offs again.
July is here and teams up and down the country are heading back into preseason and beginning their preparations for the 2018/19 season.
