Harlequins

Saracens kept up the heat on league leaders Harlequins by recording five tries and a thumping win at Sale Sharks on Friday night.

England coach Stuart Lancaster is set to meet with Danny Care in the wake of the Harlequins scrum-half's latest run-in with the police for a drink-related incident.

A last-gasp penalty from Nick Evans spared Harlequins' blushes as they escaped from Kingston Park with a draw after a bruising encounter with Newcastle Falcons.

If your morning trip to IKEA bought you 80 minutes of rugby watching on Saturday afternoon, you no doubt tuned into BBC One for the thrilling England-Wales match.

Aviva Premiership: Week 16 Review

First, a confession: I'll firmly hold my hand up and say that when Luke Wallace's name came over the PA at the stoop saying that he was to replace openside Will Skinner (injured in the warm-up), I remember not being particularly filled with confidence.

Gloucester travel the short distance to the Rec for the West Country derby on Saturday as the Premiership enters its 15th week.

There were plenty of reasons not to get out of bed on Saturday, even though Harlequins were set to play London Irish in a 'London derby' at the Stoop.

Aviva Premiership: Week 14 Review

The Aviva Premiership returns this weekend after a month's absence, with the battle for the play-offs and relegation set to continue.

Just the latest in a series of displays that have seen Hopper explode onto the scene

If the Quins finish without silverware then this season will be remembered for two games. The first will be the historic win in the south of France against Toulouse. The second will be Friday night's 8-9 loss away against Connacht.

It was the cruellest of bounces that ultimately determined the winner of a scrappy affair last Friday night, with Harlequins beating Gloucester 21-14 to keep their Heineken Cup dreams alive.

Harlequins succumbed to a hugely physical Northampton side last Friday at Franklin Gardens as they slumped to their biggest defeat of the season so far.

Week 13 of the Aviva Premiership sees in-form Northampton host league leaders Harlequins, as the Saints look to close the gap to the league leaders.

Last year's champions and victors in Tuesday's Big Game Saracens, a ruthless machine set up to win at all costs, and Harlequins, the young pretenders to the crown.

Aviva Premiership: Week 11 Review

Having been convincingly beaten the week before, few gave Harlequins a chance as they travelled to Toulouse on Sunday night for round four of the Heineken Cup.

A busy Christmas schedule sees Bath travel to Franklins Gardens in search of some early festive cheer, whilst the top two square off at the Stoop with Quins heroes of the battle of Toulouse hosting champions Saracens.