RFU Championship

Chris Pennell returns to Championship action for Worcester Warriors as they take on bottom of the Table Plymouth Albion at Sixways on Saturday

Gavin Henson made a try-scoring debut for Bristol Rugby in Round 15, while Bedford against Worcester is the pick of the Round 16 fixtures.

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

Worcester Warriors are delighted to announce that Sam Vesty has become the club's new Backs Coach.

Last week, we looked at how the top 12 teams in the country use social media and what benefits it gives them.

Gavin Henson will join Bristol on a one-year contract this summer, leaving Bath after two seasons with the west country club.

This weekends Round 12 of the Greene King IPA Championship had some outstanding rugby action on show with last minute scores, hat-tricks and a lot more as the battle for the Play-Offs intensifies.

Sale hooker Marc Jones will join Bristol for the start of next season, the Championship side have announced.

Scotland flanker Ross Rennie has been forced to retire through injury.

This weekend saw an exciting weekend of Championship rugby with one major shock as in crisis Plymouth recorded a narrow victory, while the rest of the weekends fixtures had enough tries to keep any rugby fan thoroughly entertained.

Championship club Bristol have swooped to sign former England wing Tom Varndell.

Bristol Rugby, Rotherham Titans, Worcester Warriors, Doncaster Knights and defending B&I champions Leinster A have all qualified for the quarter-finals of the British & Irish Cup as winners of their respective pools with a round to spare.

The Greene King IPA Championship looks on course to have a healthy representation in the quarter-finals of the B&I Cup, with English sides topping four of the pools with two rounds to go and Leinster, winners of the competition for the last two years, heading a fifth.

For the first time this season there was a fall in the aggregate number of tries scored per round, which, given the poor playing conditions up and down the country, is hardly surprising.

The Greene King IPA Championship resumes this weekend after a month-long break for the first phase of the British & Irish Cup and last Sunday's thrilling Championship XV game against Canada at Sixways, where the cream of the league came up trumps to win 28-23.

Martin Haag insists his Greene King IPA Championship XV showed off the league’s quality after they battled back from behind at Sixways to clinch a thrilling 28-23 victory against international opposition in Canada.

Nottingham head coach Martin Haag is adopting a slightly different role this week as he takes charge of a Greene King IPA Championship XV side set to test their mettle against international outfit Canada.

The Rugby Football Union has announced major changes to how concussions are to be managed throughout English professional rugby.

Plymouth Albion captain Iain Grieve remains positive despite the fact that his side currently sit bottom of the Greene King IPA Championship and are yet to register a victory this season.

New for the 2014/15 season, the Greene King IPA Championship has launched the inaugural 'Player of the Month' competition.