Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks have signed England hooker Rob Webber from their Aviva Premiership rivals Bath.

Sale maintained their perfect start to 2016 with a bonus-point 38-10 victory over Aviva Premiership strugglers London Irish, as the Sharks recorded their sixth win in seven games.

Head Coach Tom Coventry has made 11 changes to the London Irish side that qualified for the Challenge Cup quarter finals with victory over Agen ahead of Saturday’s Aviva Premiership fixture against Sale Sharks at the AJ Bell Stadium.

Sale mercilessly ripped top spot in Pool 2 and a home quarter-final in the European Challenge Cup away from Newport Gwent Dragons with a 38-5 bonus-point victory over the Welsh region at AJ Bell Stadium.

Josh Beaumont hopes England's World Cup disappointment will open the door for the new faces in the squad.

Webber up North, Done with Union, Vito and Toulon on the move

Aussie murmurs, Vincent Koch and Japanese imports

Danny Cipriani fired a timely reminder to England of his match-winning qualities as he kicked all fifteen of Sale's points in their victory over Wasps.

The festive season continues to linger on and while it is a time of merriment and goodwill for most, it’s a time of worry and concern for Sale Sharks and Newcastle Falcons.

Exeter moved to the top of the Aviva Premiership with a 33-17 home bonus point victory over Sale.

Welsh international Jamie Roberts scored on his club debut as Harlequins secured a crushing 59-7 victory against Calvisano in the European Rugby Challenge Cup at The Stoop.

Harlequins will aim to preserve their perfect European Challenge Cup record this season when they tackle Calvisano in Italy on Saturday.

Newport Gwent Dragons opened their European Challenge Cup campaign by beating Sale Sharks 30-12 at Rodney Parade.

England fly-half Danny Cipriani has been charged with drink-driving, police have said.

It’s still early days, but Sale Sharks centre Sam James is beginning to look like the next prodigious talent to come out of the North-West and the club’s academy.

Tim Visser's second-half try helped Harlequins to a third Premiership win in four games as they edged past a dogged Sale Sharks side 16-14 at the Twickenham Stoop in an enthralling Friday night encounter.

With the World Cup now over, our attention will turn back to the domestic game and after reading an opinion piece from Mark Smith of the Newcastle Chronicle about the state of the game in the North East, we compared it to the North West.

Three more clubs have gone public to reveal they were not investigated for potential breaches of the Aviva Premiership salary cap.

At no position were England exploited more during this Rugby World Cup than at hooker.

Danny Cipriani was among the try-scorers as Sale bounced back from last week's mauling at Saracens to claim their first Aviva Premiership win of the season, beating Worcester 27-13.