Every team in the URC has been busy sorting transfers ahead of the upcoming summer break. The Irish provinces have been using their academies...
Dragons started their Rainbow Cup campaign with a 52-32 bonus-point win over Welsh rivals Scarlets.
Tries from Aaron Shingler, Steffan Hughes (two), Dane Blacker, Tom Rogers, and Javan Sebastian got Scarlets a bonus-point win over Connacht.
On the same day that they confirmed they have captured the signature of Liam Williams for next season, the Parc Y Scarlets club made light work of their Liberty Stadium rivals.
Rhiannon Garth Jones looks at the key winners and losers from the weekend's matches between Ireland and Wales, and Scotland and Georgia.
The Welsh region had a season to forget last term under soon-to-be Wales boss Wayne Pivac, but they are optimistic they are recruiting well for next season.
Leigh Halfpenny is not expected to feature in the first couple of rounds of the Six Nations, but he was named in Warren Gatland's squad.
Wales have named a 39-man squad for the forthcoming Guinness Six Nations.
A round-up of the top individual performers in the penultimate round of the Heineken Champions Cup pool stage, where Munster, Edinburgh, Leinster and Exeter Chiefs were among those making statements with big wins.
