England captain Dylan Hartley is set to make a comeback for the Northampton Saints in their final game of the Aviva Premiership season against Gloucester at Kingsholm on Saturday.
Stand-in fly-half Greig Laidlaw kicked Gloucester to their first Aviva Premiership triumph at Sale since 2001 following a narrow 12-11 victory at the AJ Bell Stadium.
Gloucester's up-and-down season continued as Newport Gwent Dragons pulled off a shock 23-21 victory at Kingsholm in the quarter-final of the European Challenge Cup.
Bath's England heroes returned to lift the spirits but it was the overlooked Semesa Rokoduguni's two second-half tries that earned the visitors a rare derby victory over Gloucester in front of a full house at Kingsholm.
London Irish kept their hopes of remaining in the Aviva Premiership alive with a 23-18 win over Gloucester, bringing them to within five points of 11th-placed Newcastle Falcons.
Fifteen points from James Hook kept Gloucester in contention for Aviva Premiership play-off and Champions Cup places with a convincing 32-6 victory over Newcastle at Kingsholm.
The six best teams in the Aviva Premiership academy league met at Allianz Park on Monday for Finals Day, to decide the teams’ final positions for the 2015/16 season.
Former Wales international James Hook kicked five penalties as Gloucester fought back in abhorrent conditions to stun Bath 15-11 and leap to fifth place in the Aviva Premiership table - if only for 24 hours.
A late penalty from Leicester full-back Tommy Bell completed the Tigers' dramatic 19-18 Aviva Premiership victory at Kingsholm, after Gloucester lost number eight Ben Morgan to the sin-bin with only four minutes remaining.
Robbie Henshaw handed Ireland an RBS 6 Nations fitness boost as Connacht thrashed Enisei-STM 47-5 to qualify for the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals.