A selection of images showcasing the action as Newcastle Falcons won Pool B of the J.P. Morgan 7s Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series at Northampton's Franklin Gardens.
Jonny Wilkinson seals Toulon's Heineken Cup semi-final spot with an impressive kicking display, as the French side fight-back from a half-time deficit, to beat a disappointed Leicester.
England Rugby 2015 (ER 2015), the organiser of the next Rugby World Cup, has announced the long list of 17 potential match venues - and there is no room for the biggest club rugby stadium in the country.
Leicester boss Richard Cockerill has not held back in his attack on Stuart Lancaster after the England coach revealed Toby Flood may miss the Aviva Premiership final.
With international coaches already putting into action plans which aim to have their squads in optimum shape come the 2015 World Cup in England, now is the time to look at some of those players who could be household names in three years time...
Northern hemisphere rugby has come in for a bit of a bashing again this week. Nothing new there then! Hot on the heels of Graham Henry a few weeks ago declaring England "World champions of wasting talent" due to playing "a game based on fear", his All Black coaching colleague Wayne Smith threw in his two penneth and listed 19 Kiwi fly-halves who he felt would be able to challenge for an England place.
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.