Sale Sharks

Clermont Auvergne, Harlequins, Leinster and Racing Métro were the day's winners as round two of the European Champions Cup ended with four action-packed matches.

Round 5 has now come and gone in the Aviva Premiership and we have moved onto the blindside flankers in our ‘Position Watch’ series. The workhorses of the back row, blindside flankers are often the beating heart of any team defensively, whilst the demands of the modern game also require them to be willing carriers and adept at the breakdown.

Tom Arscott scored his fifth Aviva Premiership try of the season as Sale secured their second victory with a 25-14 triumph over Wasps.

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.

Toulon forward and former England international Andrew Sheridan has today announced that he will be retiring from rugby with immediate effect.

Gloucester staged a storming second-half fightback at Kingsholm to ignite their Aviva Premiership campaign after an opening day debacle against champions Northampton.

Bath coach Toby Booth paid tribute to George Ford as his match-winning display helped secure a 29-20 win at Sale in their Aviva Premiership opener.

We caught up with TRU’s Max Ashcroft to discuss the forthcoming rugby season. Max is starting his second season with National 2 side, Sedgley Park Tigers and his final year at Man Met University.

The inception of Danny Cipriani back to Premiership rugby with Sale Sharks has been a revelation for the enigmatic playmaker, as he guided the Manchester-based side to a sixth place finish in the league and rekindled his own international career.

Sale Sharks have announced the signing of former England flanker Magnus Lund.

A small village in Lancashire, on the Fylde coast, Bilsborrow is the surprising location of one of the country’s most successful Rugby Academies at Myerscough College.

Chairman Gordon McKie has left Sale Sharks, the Aviva Premiership club has confirmed.

Danny Cipriani has earned the right to be considered as a candidate for England's World Cup squad.

Sale Sharks captain Dan Braid will miss the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery.

Danny Cipriani hopes that guiding Sale Sharks to a top-six Aviva Premiership finish will be enough to secure his first England call-up in six years.

Sale kept a grip on sixth place in the Aviva Premiership and guaranteed a place in the European Rugby Champions Cup for next season with a 55-12 victory over Exeter at Sandy Park.

Sale Sharks will be treating their Aviva Premiership clash with Harlequins tomorrow (11th April) as if it is a Cup semi-final as they push for a play-off place.

Ben Nutley touched down twice as Northampton eased into the semi-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup following a dominant 28-14 triumph over Sale Sharks.

In-form Sale snatched a typically gritty 12-11 victory at third-placed Bath to press their claims of an Aviva Premiership play-off place.

Bath will be looking to bring Sale's late push for a place in the Aviva Premiership play-offs to a halt at the Recreation Ground on Friday night.