Canadian captain Cudmore gathers interest, French number 9 looks to the Aviva Premieship, Italian Rugby Federation talks to the Harlequin, O'Shea and Lozowski moving from Wasps?
Exeter Chiefs were made to pay for last Saturday's bonus-point win over Clermont Auvegne in the European Champions Cup, losing 42-10 to the French giants in Sunday’s reverse fixture.
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.
Dan Biggar led Ospreys to a 25-13 win over Exeter at the Liberty Stadium as the Chiefs became the first English side to register a defeat in this season's European Champions Cup.
Exeter coach Rob Baxter believes his side can look forward to the coming weeks with optimism after beating fellow title contenders Leicester 19-6 at Sandy Park on Saturday.
Exeter moved into second place in the Aviva Premiership table as Gavin Steenson scored all their points in a 19-6 victory over Leicester at Sandy Park.
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.
Tomas Francis is set to be involved in a World Cup quarter-final on Saturday - so it comes as little surprise that he has no regrets about his chosen Test career path.
The 2015/16 Aviva Premiership season is almost upon us, following hot in the footsteps of one of the most compelling and entertaining seasons in the competition’s history.
The Premiership Singha sevens has been going on at venues all around England, we look at the results and the stand out performers that are heading to the grand finale at Twickenham.