Saracens

Saracens demolished Aviva Premiership title rivals Leicester at Allianz Park but their bonus-point victory was marred by a worrying injury to England fly-half Owen Farrell

Alex Goode is happy to concede that Mike Brown deserves his chance as England’s full-back, but the Saracens man has warned his rival that he is coming for his No.15 shirt in the Six Nations.

England fly-half Owen Farrell inspired Saracens to keep up the pressure at the top of Pool 3 in the Heineken Cup, inspiring his side to a 64-7 mauling of basement-boys Zebre.

Saracens fell short at a packed out Wembley on Friday night as a late Owen Farrell drop-goal missed the mark; handing Toulouse a 17-16 victory and the upper hand in Pool 3 of the competition.

Saracens went top of the Premiership on Sunday afternoon with an impressive 44-12 bonus point win over Gloucester at Allianz Park.

In the first of two London derbies at Twickenham, to open the 2013/14 Premiership season, Saracens sealed an impressive 42-20 win over London Irish.

Watch action from the day and interviews as Gloucester beat Bath 24-17 in the final to win the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series.

The captains of the six competing teams are pictured with the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s trophy ahead of the final.

The winners of club rugby's first silverware of the season will be decided on Friday - and the four teams taking part all have their eyes on glory.

Watch action and interviews from Pool B of the J.P. Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s at Northampton where Newcastle and Leicester qualified for the final.

Chris Ashton showed exactly why Stuart Lancaster has kept him around the England set up as he led Saracens into the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series Final.

SARACENS flanker Will Fraser has a blunt message for the sceptics who think plastic pitches and rugby should never be mentioned in the same sentence: Don't decry it until you try it!

THERE was a time Saracens flanker Will Fraser could pinch himself and be out of action for two weeks.

If you ever need proof that the phrase "they look better on paper" means next to nothing, then the exercise I have gone through over the last four weeks should suffice.

As the final whistle blew at Twickenham on May 28th 2011, it brought the curtain down on one of the closest Premiership campaigns of the professional era...

Andy Farrell has resigned from his role as Saracens head coach with reports suggesting he will take up a post within Stuart Lancaster's England coaching set-up.

As another club season has drawn to a close, the signing of players has been prevalent! Newcastle have recruited intelligently with new signings...

Smith moved to the USA in 2002 to play college basketball at Metropolitan State in Denver, quickly switching to rugby and garnering interest from Eagles coach Scott Johnson.

Saracens kept up the heat on league leaders Harlequins by recording five tries and a thumping win at Sale Sharks on Friday night.

A last-gasp penalty from Nick Evans spared Harlequins' blushes as they escaped from Kingston Park with a draw after a bruising encounter with Newcastle Falcons.