Aviva Premiership

The pack and the half-backs are all done and dusted and we’re now on the home straight as we the run the rule over the Aviva Premiership’s inside centres.

Aviva Premiership champions Northampton have announced the signing of England prop Kieran Brookes.

Gloucester have announced the signing of New Zealand international lock Jeremy Thrush.

Harlequins have announced that flanker Luke Wallace has committed his future to the Aviva Premiership club until June 2017.

Aviva Premiership club London Irish have confirmed rugby director Brian Smith's departure from the club.

In-form centre Jonathan Joseph has renewed his contract with Bath, the Aviva Premiership high-flyers have announced.

Mike Stanton looks over London Irish’s Alex Lewington’s, and Exeter Chiefs’ Jack Nowell’s, performances in a Premiership game that will live long in the memory.

Saracens second row George Kruis will face a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday evening after being cited for a dangerous tackle in Friday's 24-23 defeat at Gloucester.

London Welsh assistant coach Gordon Ross admitted his side underperformed in the 38-7 Premiership defeat at Newcastle Falcons on Sunday.

Thirteen may be an unlucky number for some, but not these guys, who all make our XV of the Week from Round 13 of the Aviva Premiership.

Sam Burgess said he was delighted to "get the monkey off the back" after scoring his first senior Bath try in their 39-26 Aviva Premiership victory over Wasps.

England suffered what appeared to be a major pre-RBS 6 Nations injury scare when number eight Ben Morgan was carried off during Gloucester's dramatic 24-23 Aviva Premiership victory against Saracens at Kingsholm.

Nick Easter will become the Aviva Premiership's oldest-ever number eight during the course of his new two-year contract at Harlequins.

Wasps rugby director Dai Young has signed a new contract with the Aviva Premiership club.

Wasps have offered fly-half Andy Goode a coaching role with the club next season after signing New Zealander Jimmy Gopperth from Leinster.

Sale have bolstered their back row options by signing Samoa international TJ Ioane.

The spotlight is on the Aviva Premiership’s fly-halves this week and with all of the players in the top six having legitimate claims on the number one spot, there is no doubt that these have been the hardest rankings to discern thus far.

Leicester have announced that lock Graham Kitchener has agreed a new contract with the Aviva Premiership club.

Across the country there were no signs of New Year’s hangovers as our Aviva Premiership sides delivered a superb round of domestic rugby. From the bright lights at Franklin’s Gardens to the jam packed Ricoh Arena and everywhere in between it was, quite simply, a delightful weekend of action.

With 2015 now well under the way, transfers across the rugby world will start being announced thick and fast, as players plan their post-Rugby World Cup futures.