Rugby News

Wasps director of rugby Dai Young eased fears over Danny Cipriani after the fly-half left the field with a head injury in Wasps' victory over Saints at Franklin's Gardens.

John Kingston acclaimed the reinforcements that enabled Harlequins to overcome a mass of high-profile injuries and post a 17-10 Aviva Premiership victory over Saracens at Twickenham Stoop.

Cardiff Blues survived a scare from Zebre on Saturday to notch their fourth victory in as many games.

Sale came back from trailing 31-17 to gain a late draw against Worcester in a nine-try thriller at Sixways.

Saracens slumped to their first defeat in six months as Harlequins stunned the double winners 17-10 in a victory they will hope can ignite their Aviva Premiership campaign.

Newcastle Falcons secured a second Aviva Premiership win of the season as they surprised Gloucester with an 18-13 win at Kingsholm.

Wales prop Ben Evans is to leave Super League Leaders' Shield winners Warrington Wolves at the end of this season.

Hull KR interim head coach James Webster says his relegation-threatened team were the architects of their own downfall in Saturday's 23-22 defeat by Huddersfield, which condemned them to the Million Pound Match.

Wasps maintained their unbeaten start to the Aviva Premiership season with a hard-fought 20-15 victory against a sloppy Northampton outfit at Franklin's Gardens.

Salford's place in Super League goes on the line at Batley on Sunday as the Super 8s Qualifiers reach a gripping climax.

The Melbourne Storm held on to defeat a resurgent Canberra Raiders 14-12 on Saturday and reach the NRL Grand Final against the Cronulla Sharks.

Brothers Toby and George King, who helped Warrington clinch the league leaders' shield, have been named in Ireland's train-on squad for their 2017 World Cup qualifiers.