Aviva Premiership

A late try by replacement Laurence Pearce saved Leicester's blushes against Harlequins in their first home Aviva Premiership match of the season.

Exeter took maximum points in their opening home Aviva Premiership game of the season as they defeated London Irish 38-11 to move up to second in the table.

A second-half penalty try proved decisive as Wasps secured their first win of the Aviva Premiership season with a hard-fought 16-9 victory over Bath.

Northampton secured their first win of the season, taking all five points in a typically powerful 42-16 victory over Newcastle at stadium:mk.

Owen Farrell kicked a penalty four minutes from time to lift Saracens to a 17-15 win over Gloucester - and put them on top of the Aviva Premiership table - in a hard fought game at Kingsholm.

Danny Cipriani was among the try-scorers as Sale bounced back from last week's mauling at Saracens to claim their first Aviva Premiership win of the season, beating Worcester 27-13.

Wasps director of rugby Dai Young has told his players they need to get nastier if they want to beat Bath in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday.

In the blink of an eye Round 2 of the Aviva Premiership is upon us, some sides will be looking forward to working off the solid platform that they laid last weekend whilst for others Round 2 is another opportunity to make a positive start to the season.

England centre Jonathan Joseph has been ruled out for approximately three months with the chest injury sustained during the World Cup.

Premiership Rugby boss Mark McCafferty says there have been no salary cap breaches committed by clubs competing in the English game's flagship competition.

Having edged past Exeter Chiefs in this season’s opening fixture, Bath travel to the Ricoh Arena this weekend to face a Wasps side that fell short against Harlequins last Friday.

Exeter have announced that back-row forward Dave Ewers has signed a contract extension with the Aviva Premiership club.

Benedict Chanakira managed to chat to Don Armand who is part of this team which is on an upward curve

This weekend the Aviva Premiership competition returned and round one delivered a full spectrum of matches from convincing victories to single point, last play steals.

London Irish, under the tutelage of new Head Coach Tom Coventry, succumbed to a 16 - 28 loss in their opening game of the season versus Leicester Tigers.

Leicester coach Richard Cockerill acknowledged the significant contribution of Tommy Bell after the Tigers' 28-16 win at London Irish in their Aviva Premiership opener.

Elliot Daly's late try was not enough to hand Wasps their first Aviva Premiership Rugby opening-day victory since 2011 as Harlequins held on to kick off their season with a 26-21 win.

After an elongated absence from our lives the Aviva Premiership returns tonight with a bang and the stage is set for the most competitive and unrelenting Aviva Premiership season ever.

Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall believes continuity will be key as his side begin the defence of their Aviva Premiership title against Sale on Saturday.

On the eve of the new Aviva Premiership season, Club Captain Billy Twelvetrees has given Gloucester Rugby a real boost by committing his future to the club having signed a new contract.