Sale Sharks

Wasps' recent improvement continued with a win over Gloucester while there were also post-Christmas Aviva Premiership wins for London Irish, Bath, Leicester, Saracens and Northampton.

Sale have tied down young prospects Mike Haley and Josh Beaumont to new two-year deals.

Danny Cipriani created one try and scored another as Sale wrecked Exeter's hopes of climbing to the top of the Aviva Premiership.

Owen Farrell scored a try and kicked six points on his return to the Saracens side as they kept themselves in European Rugby Champions Cup contention with a 19-15 triumph over Sale Sharks.

Sale Sharks boss Steve Diamond was delighted with his side's defensive efforts at the Stoop as his side secured a rare victory over Harlequins.

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.