

Calum Green could be banned for three months after allegedly biting Sale Sharks' Rob Webber during a Premiership match on Saturday.
English Premiership side Sale Sharks announced the capture of Springboks flyhalf Robert du Preez and hooker Akker van der Merwe.
Springboks scrum-half Faf de Klerk has extended his contact with Sale Sharks until 2023, the Premiership side announced Monday.
South Africa have released first choice scrumhalf Faf de Klerk to play for his club Sale Sharks this weekend, allowing him to miss Saturday's test against Scotland at Murrayfield, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
England wing Marland Yarde is set for an extended spell on the sidelines after dislocating his kneecap in Sale's win against Newcastle over the weekend.
Chris Ashton has been banned for seven weeks after his red card in Sale Sharks' pre-season friendly against Castres.
England and Sale Sharks wing Chris Ashton could face further disciplinary action after he was sent off in a pre-season friendly in France.
Gloucester are 'surprised and disappointed' at the RFU's decision to charge Danny Cipriani with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game.
Former Sale Sharks winger Tom Brady has hit back after a fan verbally abused his wife and mother while they watched him from the stands during a preseason friendly.
Chris Ashton has revealed that he only found out about his call-up to Eddie Jones' latest England training squad after being added to the team's WhatsApp group.
Henry Trinder and Marland Yarde have been added to the squad for England's training camp in Brighton this week.
Four teams head into the final round of the Aviva Premiership battling for the two remaining Champions Cup places.
Sale have announced that they will not be signing Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.
Former Wallabies star James O'Connor has used social media to reveal a two-season battle to play with injuries that needed pain-killers to take the field.
Global insurance brokers Gallagher have been confirmed as new title sponsors of English rugby union's Premiership.
Sale Sharks have expressed disappointment at the Rugby Football Union disciplinary judgement regarding Denny Solomona's four-week ban for verbally abusing another player, but they will not appeal the decision.
Sale Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond has insisted the decision against Denny Solomona is worrying as the panel who made judgement had no evidence of wrongdoing by the two-time capped England winger.
Sale winger Denny Solomona has been banned for four weeks after being found guilty of verbally abusing Worcester fly-half Jamie Shillcock.
England wing Denny Solomona will appear before a disciplinary hearing next week after being charged with verbally abusing a Worcester player during Sale's Aviva Premiership victory over the Warriors last Saturday.
Sale winger Marland Yarde has spoken out about his exit from Harlequins, former teammates Chris Robshaw and his hopes of making a comeback to the England squad ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Scotland international wing Byron McGuigan has signed a new contract with Aviva Premiership club Sale Sharks.
England winger Denny Solomona has signed a new four-year deal with Aviva Premiership side Sale Sharks, keeping him at the club until 2022.
European rugby is back as the quarterfinal line-ups are finalised. ESPN's experts predict which teams are set for a big weekend, which players will shine and where your attention should be trained across the two competitions.
Connacht booked their place in the quarterfinals of the Challenge Cup after a 24-24 draw with Worcester.
| Pool 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | TEAM | GP | PD | P |
| 1 | Clermont Auvergne | 6 | +187 | 30 |
| 2 | Northampton Saints | 6 | +155 | 21 |
| 3 | Dragons | 6 | -22 | 10 |
| 4 | Timisoara Saracens | 6 | -320 | 0 |
| Pool 2 | ||||
| R | TEAM | GP | PD | P |
| 1 | Worcester Warriors | 6 | +25 | 22 |
| 2 | Ospreys | 6 | +36 | 13 |
| 3 | Pau | 6 | -38 | 13 |
| 4 | Stade Francais Paris | 6 | -23 | 12 |
| Pool 3 | ||||
| R | TEAM | GP | PD | P |
| 1 | Sale Sharks | 6 | +88 | 22 |
| 2 | Connacht | 6 | +26 | 22 |
| 3 | Bordeaux Begles | 6 | -34 | 12 |
| 4 | Perpignan | 6 | -80 | 3 |
| Pool 4 | ||||
| R | TEAM | GP | PD | P |
| 1 | La Rochelle | 6 | +134 | 24 |
| 2 | Bristol Rugby | 6 | +159 | 21 |
| 3 | Zebre | 6 | +11 | 14 |
| 4 | RC Enisei | 6 | -304 | 1 |
| Pool 5 | ||||
| R | TEAM | GP | PD | P |
| 1 | Harlequins | 6 | +66 | 21 |
| 2 | Benetton Treviso | 6 | +65 | 20 |
| 3 | Grenoble | 6 | -67 | 9 |
| 4 | Agen | 6 | -64 | 9 |

