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Sale Sharks scrum-half Bryan Redpath could be sidelined for three months after he suffered a fractured cheekbone during his team’s European Challenge Cup victory against Narbonne.

Zurich Premiership team Northampton today parted company with head coach Alan Solomons.

Rotherham’s future is likely to be decided within the next 24 hours as Twickenham top brass debate a proposed rescue plan.

Matt Dawson today ended his 12-year stay at Northampton to seek a contract with another Zurich Premiership club - with Wasps favourites to land him.

Wasps coach Warren Gatland is considering cutting short his stay at the London club and returning to his New Zealand homeland.

French Grand Slam stars Oliver Magne and Damien Traille will both line up for the Barbarians against Wales at Ashton Gate on Wednesday night.

Wasps and England forward Simon Shaw was today named Zurich Premiership player of the season.

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Wasps second row Simon Shaw has been given the green light to play in Sunday’s Heineken Cup semi-final showdown with Munster.

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Clive Woodward believes England fans will have reason to relish Saturday’s World Cup celebration match against the New Zealand Barbarians at Twickenham.

MARTIN JOHNSON reflected on England’s momentous World Cup triumph, and admitted: “It is still a little bit unreal.”

Wasps produced a blistering performance in searing Twickenham heat to be crowned English champions for the third time.

Munster number eight Anthony Foley is confident his side can pick up from where they so successfully left off when they return to Heineken Cup action this weekend.

Elvis Seveali’i went straight in at the top of Bath’s hit parade, sealing the victory which took the strugglers off the bottom of the Zurich Premiership table with his first touch of the ball in English rugby.

Paul Gustard has no regrets about moving from Leicester, the dominant force in English club rugby in recent years, as he attempts to lead London Irish to the Powergen Cup final for the second successive year.

Lawrence Dallaglio has declared himself “100% fit” for England’s RBS 6 Nations opener against France at Twickenham on Saturday after leading Wasps to their 35-11 Zurich Premiership victory over London Irish.

Conor O’Shea wants London Irish to replicate their Heineken Cup form when they resume bread-and-butter Zurich Premiership business next weekend.

Connacht have received a major boost with the announcement that coach Steph Nel has signed a new three year contract.

Harlequins manager Mike Scott has urged the London aristocrats to ignore the weekend’s action and concentrate on ‘controlling the controllable’.

London Irish coach Brendan Venter has agreed to stay at the Madejski Stadium until the end of next season.

Gloucester’s Henry Paul is aching to play against Zurich Premiership leaders Leicester on Saturday despite his new England Sevens team-mates flying off to Beijing without him.

Delighted Wasps chief Nigel Melville saw his team haul themselves off the bottom of the Zurich Premiership table, and then insisted a place in the end-of-season play-offs is now a realistic target.

Wasps Rugby director Nigel Melville is today understood to be stepping up attempts to try and secure the services of former Ireland coach Warren Gatland.

Wasps v London Irish

Leicester Tigers director of rugby Dean Richards has questioned the decision to stage the Heineken Cup final at Parc des Princes in Paris.