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Bath head coach Mike Ford confirmed Rhys Priestland will take a break from international duty for 18 months and focus on club duties after the Welshman made his debut in their 16-9 defeat to Wasps.

A second-half penalty try proved decisive as Wasps secured their first win of the Aviva Premiership season with a hard-fought 16-9 victory over Bath.

Wasps director of rugby Dai Young has told his players they need to get nastier if they want to beat Bath in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday.

Having edged past Exeter Chiefs in this season’s opening fixture, Bath travel to the Ricoh Arena this weekend to face a Wasps side that fell short against Harlequins last Friday.

Elliot Daly's late try was not enough to hand Wasps their first Aviva Premiership Rugby opening-day victory since 2011 as Harlequins held on to kick off their season with a 26-21 win.

Wasps have announced that England World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio is to join the club's board of directors.

English clubs will not block top stars like Wasps wing Christian Wade from chasing Olympic Games glory with the Great Britain Sevens team.

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 penultimate qualifying round of the Singha 7s sees the competition move north from Gloucester to Coventry, as the Ricoh Arena welcomes Harlequins, Northampton Saints, Saracens and hometown team Wasps.

Joe Simpson admits he is "a long shot" to make England's 31-man World Cup squad - but the Wasps scrum-half has no intention of throwing in the towel.

Up and down the country, preseason training has already begun for the Aviva Premiership teams ahead of the 2015/16 season.

It may often get overlooked in comparison to the Aviva Premiership, but the Greene King IPA Championship has just enjoyed one of its best seasons to date, with the level of performance in the league as high as it has ever been.

Wasps were unaware George Smith could be involved in the World Cup when signing the Australian great, but would make no attempt to persuade him to reject a call-up.

Wasps have signed back-row forward Alex Rieder from Rotherham Titans, taking their tally of new arrivals to 10 for next season.

Wasps scrum-half Joe Simpson remains hopeful of staking a claim to be in England's World Cup squad after recovering from a knee injury.

Bath and Wasps will be facing defending champions Toulon and Irish heavyweights Leinster in next season's Champions Cup after being drawn in a tough pool.

Wasps have signed Samoa prop James Johnston from Saracens.

Wasps centre Chris Bell has been forced to retire with immediate effect because of a shoulder injury.

Last week saw Stuart Lancaster select his provisional 50 man World Cup training squad, and with it he proved that he stuck by his principles of not selecting players plying their trade outside of England.

Wasps may not have a won a trophy this season, but it will go down as one of, if not the most significant season in the club’s long history.