Wasps

Saracens maintained their unbeaten record to return to the top of the Aviva Premiership table with a 26-16 victory over Wasps at the Ricoh Arena.

Wasps expect to learn in January whether Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny will agree to join them for the 2016-17 season.

Fly-half Jimmy Gopperth scored 23 points as Wasps recorded their second away win of their European Champions Cup campaign to remain firmly on course for the knockout phase.

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George Ford kicked a match-winning conversion with the game's final kick as Bath dramatically ended Wasps' unbeaten European Champions Cup record with a 25-23 victory in front of England head coach Eddie Jones.

Wasps linked to another big name in Halfpenny, Dusautoir hands French captaincy over, move back to league for Eastmond and Faletau's tidy salary over in Bath

James Haskell is aiming to both win a new Wasps contract and catch the eye of England head coach Eddie Jones over the next month.

After back-to-back wins over European giants Leinster and Toulon in the Champions Cup, Wasps continued their run of form into the Premiership at the London Double Header at Twickenham.

Wasps maintained their scintillating recent form with a 33-15 victory over London Irish in the second clash of the Twickenham double header in London.

Rugby Expo, the largest B2B conference and exhibition focused on club rugby, will move to the Ricoh Arena in 2016 after agreeing a new long-term partnership with Wasps Rugby Club.

Bookies' favourite Joe Launchbury is the perfect man to captain England under Eddie Jones, according to Dai Young.

The London Double Header has been a firm fixture in the Aviva Premier-ship calendar since 2004 and has consistently been decided by dramatic game changing moments.

Joe Simpson has called on new boss Eddie Jones to employ high-octane, attacking rugby to transform England's fortunes.

Manu Tuilagi could become the Aviva Premiership's highest-paid player of all time after Worcester and Wasps joined the fight to prize the England centre away from Leicester.

Wasps produced a statement bonus-point victory in the European Champions Cup to stun reigning three-time winners Toulon 32-6 at the Ricoh Arena.

Wasps handed Leinster a 33-6 defeat at the RDS to put the Irish province under presure in their European Champions Cup pool.

Gloucester had wing David Halaifonua sent off as they crumpled to a 23-3 defeat against Wasps in a one-sided Aviva Premiership clash at the Ricoh Arena.

Wasps fly-half Jimmy Gopperth will continue to serve a three-week ban for striking Mathew Tait after the club's appeal against the length of the ban failed.

Wasps fly-half Jimmy Gopperth has been cited for striking in Sunday's 24-16 Aviva Premiership defeat by Leicester.

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