England powerhouse Manu Tuilagi will play his first rugby match in 16 weeks after Sale named him to start in their Gallagher Premiership opener at home to Northampton on Friday night.
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.
Numerous blockbuster trades have already been confirmed and below RugbyPass takes a look at some of the biggest in the Premiership and URC.
Sam Nixon has confirmed he is heading back to France following the end of the current season with Exeter. The 25-year-old joined the Chiefs last summer from Bayonne, who were relegated from the Top 14.
England international Jack Nowell has told all about his epic stag party last weekend in Ireland which resulted in him getting hilariously caught out by the live TV cameras wearing a Munster jersey during their Heineken Champions Cup match with Exeter.
Sam Simmonds will be absent for Exeter this Saturday in Limerick as they seek to protect a five-point first leg European advantage against a Munster XV that has recalled numerous big names.
Alex Sanderson has farewelled the high watermark of the South African influence at Sale following the confirmation on Tuesday afternoon that Faf de Klerk and Lood de Jager - their pair of World Cup-winning Springboks - will exit the club.
Two Sale Sharks players will leave the Manchester-based side at the end of the current Gallagher Premiership season.
Sale have raided Exeter for the second time in three months, adding winger Tom O’Flaherty to their December signing of England second row Jonny Hill. It’s another example of how the reduced salary cap is having a major effect on club rosters for the 2022/23 season and the Sharks will view the recruitment of O’Flaherty as a bit of
The Champions Cup is in turmoil as organisers scramble to find a window in the already crowded schedule to stage the seven matches that have been postponed this weekend.