It was the French who caught the eye in round one with six of their eight teams winning, including Stade Rochelais and Toulon away from home.
All of the starting line-ups for the Gallagher Premiership Round Four action this Boxing Day and Christmas weekend.
Now for those of you who know your rugby onions, that, of course, is the birthplace of Wales’ greatest tighthead of the professional era, Adam Jones.
Dan McFarland was happy as a Scotland assistant but Ulster's approach won him over and he hasn't looked back in trying to help players such as on-song John Cooney be the best they can be.
Which clubs in the Gallagher Premiership are the most desirable for players to move to and which are the least? We polled 13 leading agents to find out which clubs were their best and worst destinations and why.
A round-up of the top performing players in Round 8 of the 2018/19 Gallagher Premiership season, which included a 16-minute hat-trick from a hooker and a couple of debuts to remember from the two wings.
With the 2018/19 Gallagher Premiership season about to start, we thought we would do some digging into the composition of the squads set to contend for English rugby’s grandest prize over the next eight months.
At the U18 level, dedicated fans may know of a handful of players coming through at their club, province or region, but their knowledge of talents from other teams or nations is minimal. This is the beginning of the spotlight-shining process.