Aviva Premiership

Wasps' Nathan Hughes has been hit with a three-week ban after being found guilty of striking George North in an Aviva Premiership clash with Northampton Saints.

As the 2015 Rugby World Cup draws ever closer Mike Stanton continues to look at some of the best young players that could feature at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. This week it is Exeter Chiefs’ playmaker, Henry Slade.

Nathan Hughes will appear before a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel on Tuesday following the incident which saw the Wasps forward sent off and Northampton's George North taken off on a stretcher last Friday.

Courtney Lawes has established himself as the best defensive lock in world rugby over the last few years and deserves to be in the conversation as one of the very best at his position.

Scotland and Edinburgh winger Tim Visser has signed for Harlequins and will join his new club next season.

Northampton Saints beat Wasps 52-30 at Franklin's Gardens in a game which saw the visitor's Nathan Hughes sent off for kneeing Saints' winger George North in the head.

We have now passed the halfway mark in our look at the academies of the Aviva Premiership and pick up with London Welsh, Newcastle Falcons and Northampton Saints.

Dai Young has braced his Wasps team for "cup final" rugby when they continue to fight on domestic and European fronts over the next two months.

Exeter have moved to fill the void left by departing captain Dean Mumm by signing his fellow Australian lock Ollie Atkins.

Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie insists expanding the Aviva Premiership is not a formality but the issue must be dealt with as a priority.

Bath are stepping up their efforts to plagiarise rugby league, according to head coach Mike Ford.

Wasps have announced that centre Ben Jacobs has signed a contract extension with the Aviva Premiership club.

Northampton Saints full-back Tom Collins insists he is already relishing the chance to follow in the footsteps of some extremely successful predecessors after being named the LV= 2014/15 Breakthrough Player of the Year.

Amidst all the talk of ring-fencing the Aviva Premiership and the unseemly demise of London Welsh, one of the most exciting title races since the competition began is quietly going under the radar.

We follow on from our look at the academies of Bath, Exeter Chiefs and Gloucester, by examining the next set of Aviva Premiership teams; Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and London Irish.

Newcastle have announced the signing of Tonga international prop Taione Vea from London Welsh.

London Welsh have parted ways with head coach Justin Burnell and confirmed Rowland Phillips will take charge of team affairs.

Newcastle have announced that director of rugby Dean Richards has signed a new three-year contract.

Premiership Rugby's longest-ever broadcasting rights deal with BT Sport could lead to another rise in the competition's salary cap.

Aviva Premiership Rugby will be broadcast on BT Sport for the next six seasons in a ground-breaking new TV deal, Premiership Rugby can confirm.