Sale Sharks

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.

Sale Sharks have announced the signing of South Africa international prop Brian Mujati.

Sale Sharks’ Sam James says that it is always a ‘proud’ moment when he represents his club and is hoping for more appearances at the AJ Bell Stadium this season.

The Premiership Singha sevens has been going on at venues all around England, we look at the results and the stand out performers that are heading to the grand finale at Twickenham.

The conclusion of the qualifying stage of this year’s Singha 7s takes place at Kingston Park on Saturday and will provide the final two teams for the eight-team final at the Twickenham Stoop.

Danny Cipriani’s chances of making England’s Rugby World Cup squad have been given a huge boost, after he was re-bailed until November.

Former Great Britain international Paul Deacon is to leave his job as assistant coach of Wigan and switch codes with Premiership club Sale Sharks.

As the premierships all time leading try scorers sets his sights on his future after playing professional rugby for over 14 years, Lewis reminisces on the legacy he leaves in the North West .

Danny Cipriani views his selection in England's World Cup training squad as the ultimate justification for his decision to return to the Aviva Premiership.

The shortlist for the Guinness Director of Rugby of the Season award was unveiled last week, with Rob Baxter, Mike Ford, Jim Mallinder and Dai Young comprising the final four.