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Championship club Worcester have announced the signing of England international back-row forward Phil Dowson from Aviva Premiership champions Northampton.

Four English clubs have booked places in this season's European Champions Cup quarter-finals - but all of them will be away from home.

Northampton have been dealt a major injury blow with their England international full-back Ben Foden set to miss the rest of this season.

England have been dealt another major second-row injury blow ahead of their forthcoming RBS 6 Nations campaign.

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

Northampton head coach Jim Mallinder has criticised his side's defence after they conceded four tries in their 39-31 Aviva Premiership win over Newcastle at Franklin's Gardens.

Fly-half Stephen Myler passed 2,000 points for Northampton as they beat Newcastle 39-31 to claim a bonus-point win in Friday's Aviva Premiership clash at Franklin's Gardens.

Newcastle Falcon captain Will Welch is happy with his team's form as they prepare to take on table-topping Northampton Saints tomorrow (Friday).

Wasps' recent improvement continued with a win over Gloucester while there were also post-Christmas Aviva Premiership wins for London Irish, Bath, Leicester, Saracens and Northampton.

England and Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley is likely to learn the outcome of his latest disciplinary hearing before Christmas.

George North believes Wales' overseas-based stars are "relieved" by the fall-back option provided by the new dual-contract system.

England forwards Dylan Hartley and Courtney Lawes have both signed new contracts with Aviva Premiership champions Northampton.

There’s sure to be a lot of well-groomed whiskers on display at the Kassam Stadium on Sunday (KO 2:30pm) as first takes on second in the Aviva Premiership Rugby Network Challenge table.

Northampton centre Luther Burrell may be ruled out of England's autumn internationals after picking up a hand injury during his side's European Champions Cup victory over the Ospreys.

George North scored four tries as Northampton beat the Ospreys in Pool Five while Glasgow held on to beat Montpellier in Pool Four of the European Champions Cup.

European Champions Cup round 1 preview: Saracens boss Mark McCall says that despite his side reaching the final of the Heineken Cup last season, this year's Champions Cup campaign could be an even harder slog.

The Pisi brothers, George and Ken, have been a revelation since arriving in Northampton.

England have received a promising medical bulletin from Northampton after forwards Tom Wood and Dylan Hartley were named in the Saints squad for Saturday's Aviva Premiership clash with Sale.

England prop Alex Corbisiero will again miss out on international action in this autumn's international Test series after suffering a shoulder injury this weekend.

The Premiership picks are coming through thick and fast and this week, week three of the feature, we at Talking Rugby Union wanted to bring you the best tries of the weekend.