England and Northampton Saints prop Alex Corbisiero is set to undergo further knee surgery next week after suffering yet another setback during an increasingly injury-plagued career.
Worcester Warriors were left to rue Donncha O'Callaghan's red card as Leicester Tigers left it late to secure a 29-20 Premiership victory with a four-try bonus point at Sixways.
After a number of dour performances in the opening two rounds of the Aviva Premiership, concerns were high for English rugby, particularly after an extremely humbling home Rugby World Cup campaign.
As a young star breaking through, the Newcastle Falcons forward is not settling for what he has already achieved as he is looks to make the most of every opportunity that arises.
Although the woeful British weather did its best to stop play our Aviva Premiership sides, and fans, pushed on regardless and Round 5 actually delivered some cracking matches.
The ‘Great’ British weather did its best to ransack proceedings in Round 5 of the Aviva Premiership however our hardy teams and fans triumphed as matches belied the testing conditions.
London Irish certainly had a busy off season, with a new coaching team and 13 new players. One signing who has already made a big impression is English lock, Matt Symons.
An impressively dominant scrum saw Northampton register their first Aviva Premiership win of the season at Franklin's Gardens as they defeated Gloucester 15-3 on Friday evening.
After such a successful European weekend with 12 out of 14 victories across both competitions the expectations are high heading into Round 5 of the Aviva Premiership.