Aviva Premiership

Despite a spirited Doncaster performance that saw the Knights narrowly emerge victorious on the night 34-32, Bristol, after seven years of exile, will return to the Premiership for the 2016-17 following their overall 60-47 aggregate win in this year’s Championship play-off final.

Bath back-row Leroy Houston is set to return back to Super Rugby after rejoining Queensland Reds, ending his three-year association with the English Premiership club.

Bristol loose-head prop Ellis Genge has signed a permanent deal with Leicester Tigers after impressive performances for the English Premiership club in the last three months when on loan.

Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson and first team coach Sean Holley are extremely delighted after their team made a promotion to the Aviva Premiership after nine years following their Championship clinching victory against Doncaster Knights.

Exeter Chief number-8 Thomas Waldrom will be missing his team's Aviva Premiership final against Saracens on Saturday after sustaining a knee ligament injury.

As a big boost to the Exeter Chiefs Premiership campaign, scrum-half Will Chudley has been cleared of the charges laid against him and now will be available to take on Saracens in the final on Saturday.

England are still basking in the warm glow of their second Rugby World Cup win, Eddie Jones is set to receive his knighthood and a team from the Premiership has just wrapped up the division’s fifth-straight European Rugby Champions Cup title.

Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Will Chudley has been charged by the Rugby Football Union over a kicking incident involving Wasps lock Joe Launchbury during the semi-final at the Sandy Park on Saturday.

Exeter Chiefs fly-half Henry Slade is confident of taking on Saracens when the two teams meet each other in the Aviva Premiership final on 28th May at Twickenham.

Exeter Chiefs reached their maiden Premiership final after beating Wasps 34-23 in a close encounter at Sandy Park on Saturday.

Saracens scored five tries in a dominating 44-17 win against Leicester at Allianz Park on Saturday to reach the Premiership final.

Saracens lock Maro Itoje has complimented head coach Mark McCall for his exceptional work with the players and has attributed him for the club's recent success.

Former Newport Gwent Dragons centre Phil Dollman will feature for the Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership semi-final on Saturday seven years after feeling "cast aside" in Wales.

Director of rugby at Leicester Richard Cockerill has defended his strategy of resting players during their final group stage game against Bath on 7th May at the Recreation Ground.

Wasps head coach Dai Young stated that Exeter Chiefs will be the favourites when the two teams meet each other during the play-off of the Aviva Premiership at Sandy Park on Saturday.

It’s hard to believe but the forthcoming Aviva Premiership playoffs will make the 10-year anniversary of Sale Sharks’ first, and thus far only, Premiership title.

“There’s no doubt he [Sam Underhill] will be selected in the England squad in the next six months.”

Saracens’ rugby player Maro Itoje has been announced winner of the 2015/16 Land Rover Discovery of The Season award following his outstanding Aviva Premiership Rugby performances.

The first award of the night at the Park Lane Hilton went to John O’Donnell from Sale Sharks who was named Aviva Community Player of the Season,

Alex Goode was crowned Aviva Premiership player of the season for 2015-16 as Saracens swept the awards night.