Connacht and Ireland player Bundee Aki has taken to Instagram to address "mistakenly" liking the controversial post by Israel Folau.

Owen Farrell will be given until Friday to prove his fitness for Saracens' Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster but Billy Vunipola has been ruled out of the trip to Dublin.

Saracens back row Schalk Burger has been cited for dangerous play at a ruck during Saturday’s Champions Cup victory over Northampton.

A late penalty from full-back Scott Spedding made it back-to-back victories for Clermont over Saracens in the Champions Cup.

Clermont took out their frustration over the chaotic postponement of their Champions Cup clash at Allianz Park by inflicting a record 46-14 defeat on holders Saracens.

The England star will undergo further testing to determine his recovery period.

Saracens back-rower Billy Vunipola could miss the first month of the Aviva Premiership season in England as he continues to recover from shoulder surgery.

Clermont beat Bordeaux in a cracker in Ulster's pool.

Saracens became the first English club to conquer Europe for nine years as Owen Farrell kicked them to Champions Cup glory.

Saracens took another giant stride towards a possible domestic and European double as they booked their place in next month's Champions Cup final by beating Wasps 24-17 at the Madejski Stadium.

English rugby side Saracens players participating in Saturday's victory over London Irish wore sensors to measure the force and direction of impacts to the head.

Fourteen-man Ulster just failed to reach the Heineken Cup semi-final today after an astonishing clash which hung in the balance right to the end at the newly constructed Ravenhill.

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Ireland captain Peter O'Mahony paid tribute to five new faces after the boot of Ian Madigan saw them seal a 15-12 win over the US Eagles in Houston.

Leinster fly-half Jonny Sexton would have loved the opportunity to learn from Jonny Wilkinson had the Englishman been selected to tour with the British and Irish Lions this summer.

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Gavin Henson set his sights on a Wales return after making his comeback to professional rugby in Saracens' 13-7 win against Wasps.

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England prospects Brad Barritt, Alex Goode and Andy Saull have agreed new three-year contracts with Saracens.

Saracens have vowed to vigorously defend director of rugby Brendan Venter after he was charged with bringing the game into disrepute.

Leinster back-row Rocky Elsom has been named in the Barbarians squad to face England at Twickenham in May.

Munster boss Declan Kidney claimed his team had "got out of jail" after booking their fourth Heineken Cup final appearance in nine seasons.

Ahead of the Province's biggest game in two years, Munster's Jerry Flannery says overhauling the Saracens' scrum is a key tactic for Declan Kidney's side.

Leinster-bound Leicester Tiger Shane Jennings and former Munster coach Alan Gaffney have been nominated as the Guinness Premiership Player and Coach of the season, respectively.

England captain Phil Vickery faces a crucial next 48 hours in his bid to be fit for the RBS 6 Nations clash against France at Twickenham.

Jason Robinson appears to be England's biggest fitness concern as they begin preparations for their Twickenham clash against RBS 6 Nations title favourites France.

Jason Robinson is ready to relaunch his glittering England career during this season's RBS 6 Nations Championship - but fellow World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio finds himself out in the cold.

WALES star Gavin Henson could miss the entire RBS 6 Nations after being called before a disciplinary hearing for his clash with Alex Moreno during the Ospreys’ 17-15 Heineken Cup defeat by Leicester.

Ulster players Justin Harrison and Matt McCullough and Saracens' Kevin Yates have been cited.

Saracens' Darragh O'Mahony has enjoyed a successful career in England but, when the Corkman watches Munster taking on Stade Francais in the Heineken Cup quarter-final this weekend, he will find it hard to submerge a certain sense of regret. Hugh Farrelly met him in London.

Gloucester's Jake Boer, formerly of London Irish, has been voted the Zurich Premiership Player of the Season by a mixture of broadcast and print journalists.

France coach Bernard Laporte has named his 22-man squad to take on Italy at Rome's Stadio Flaminio in the RBS Six Nations next Sunday, with versatile halfback Frédéric Michalak and Bourgoin prop Olivier Milloud both earning call-ups.

CLIVE WOODWARD has vowed to take no notice of the Six Nations form guide, which suggests tournament favourites England will give Wales a Millennium Stadium mauling on Saturday.

Bath's England second-row Danny Grewcock will discover the length of his suspension at an RFU disciplinary hearing on Tuesday September 17, after being sent-off at the weekend for kicking Saracens scrum-half Kyran Bracken in the mouth.

England will be without Phil Vickery for their Six Nations clash with France at Twickenham next week.

Another club versus country row is looming after Saracens' chairman Nigel Wray said he would not release players for Six Nations internationals in May.

Scotland have been forced to make one change to their squad for the Six Nations Championship match with Wales at Murrayfield.

England boss Clive Woodward has made four changes from the side that beat South Africa for the Six Nations Championship opener against Wales in Cardiff.