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The hearing on immediate winding-up of financially troubled London Welsh has been adjourned until January next year.

Championship club London Welsh are set to go into liquidation due to an "unsustainable" financial situation.

London Irish lock George Robson has been handed a six-week ban by the Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel following an untidy incident in Greene King IPA Championship clash with Yorkshire Carnegie.

Two hat-tricks, a forwards coach appearing as a substitute and an average of 54 points a game - round two of the British and Irish Cup had it all. Lewis Hughes returns with a roundup of all the latest action:

Ealing Trailfinders’ Lewis Jones has his sights set on progressing further in the game as he talks to TRU about his early setbacks, university rugby and what it means to represent your country.

Cornish Pirates’ summer signing Bar Bartlett tells TRU about his time with Loughborough, his inspirations and life in Cornwell.

Rotherham Titans have included as many as 10 new recruits in their starting line-up for their 2016/17 Greene King IPA Championship opener game against London Welsh at Clifton Lane on Sunday.

Ealing Trailfinders have announced Alex Walker as the captain for the upcoming season of the Greene King IPA Championship.

London Welsh head coach James Buckland expressed satisfaction over his team's pre-season opening game against the Merthyr RFC at The Wern Sports Park.

London Welsh have confirmed the signing of Wales Under-18 international ahead of the upcoming season of Greene King IPA Championship.

The fixtures of the Greene King IPA Championship were announced on Friday and it will comprise of 22 Rounds of games followed by the play-offs and the two-legged final.

London Irish on Monday have confirmed their squad for the upcoming 2016-17 Greene King IPA Championship season.

Despite a spirited Doncaster performance that saw the Knights narrowly emerge victorious on the night 34-32, Bristol, after seven years of exile, will return to the Premiership for the 2016-17 following their overall 60-47 aggregate win in this year’s Championship play-off final.

Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson and first team coach Sean Holley are extremely delighted after their team made a promotion to the Aviva Premiership after nine years following their Championship clinching victory against Doncaster Knights.

Bristol have successfully managed to return to the Aviva Premiership after seven years, despite losing the second-leg final of the Championship against Doncaster Knights by 32-34 at Ashton Gate.

With the first-half of this season’s Championship final officially in the books, Lewis Hughes identifies the standout performers from Bristol's 28-13 win over Doncaster Knights.

Former England player and Yorkshire Carnegie captain has been pushed into retirement after suffering concussion during a league game against Nottingham last month.

A spirited performance from Bristol have taken them close to a Premiership return after they defeated Doncaster Knights by 28-13 in the Championship play-off final first leg.

Ealing Trailfinders have recruited three players from Leeds Beckett University ahead of their 2016-17 campaign of the Greene King IPA Championship.

Doncaster and Bristol prevailed in the second leg of their play-off semi finals to set up an extremely intriguing promotion decider writes Lewis Hughes.