Aviva Premiership

Worcester ended Newcastle's four-match home winning run in the Aviva Premiership with a narrow 15-14 victory at Kingston Park.

England head coach Eddie Jones will attend Saracens' Aviva Premiership clash with Northampton looking for pointers ahead of the looming RBS 6 Nations title showdown with Wales.

The relegation battle in the Aviva Premiership is really starting to heat up, with London Irish, Newcastle Falcons and Worcester Warriors all involved in a tense race for Premiership survival.

For all the headlines that have revolved around Wasps in recent years – the flirtation with administration, the move to Coventry and the subsequent high-profile signings – none have focused on the productivity of the club’s academy.

Sale Sharks centre Johnny Leota has agreed a contract extension with the Aviva Premiership club.

London Irish have signed Scotland full-back Greig Tonks from Edinburgh with immediate effect.

Wasps made it six wins on the bounce in the Aviva Premiership after a 42-10 victory over a Harlequins side who were very much second best at the Ricoh Arena.

Leicester bounced back from three successive defeats by thrashing Aviva Premiership strugglers London Irish 47-20 at Welford Road.

After winning only one of their previous 11 league encounters against Bath, Exeter boss Rob Baxter was delighted to see the Chiefs overcome their bogey team 26-17 at Sandy Park.

Fifteen points from James Hook kept Gloucester in contention for Aviva Premiership play-off and Champions Cup places with a convincing 32-6 victory over Newcastle at Kingsholm.

Tom Collins scored his first senior hat-trick as Northampton ran out 38-18 winners in a ding-dong battle with Worcester at Franklin's Gardens.

Danny Cipriani's fourth missed conversion cost Sale a dramatic comeback victory as the Sharks drew 36 apiece with Saracens in a thrilling encounter at the AJ Bell.

Former Ireland scrum-half Peter Stringer, 38, is to extend his career for another year with Sale Sharks.

Saracens' Schalk Brits has been suspended for three weeks after pleading guilty to punching Gloucester's Nick Wood.

England's international brother tandem Billy and Mako Vunipola have signed new deals with Saracens through to 2019.

Exeter fly-half Gareth Steenson kicked 17 points at the Madejski Stadium to keep London Irish rooted to the bottom of the Aviva Premiership table.

Newcastle gave their hopes of beating the drop a boost as the Falcons survived a Northampton fightback to record their fifth home win in succession.

Manu Tuilagi made a successful comeback from injury in front of a watching Eddie Jones but his return failed to save Leicester from a 25-19 Aviva Premiership defeat by play-off rivals Harlequins.

The six best teams in the Aviva Premiership academy league met at Allianz Park on Monday for Finals Day, to decide the teams’ final positions for the 2015/16 season.

Former All Blacks fly-half Nick Evans is a doubt to return for Harlequins before the end of the regular Aviva Premiership season after suffering a serious leg injury.