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Returning Wales coach Warren Gatland will have been thrilled at how the regions fared, winning four from four across the Heineken Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup, while players old and new staked a claim to new England boss Steve Borthwick. England and Wales, as well as Scotland, will all be naming their squads for the Championship next week,…

French Top14 league leaders Toulouse travel to Manchester England to tackle a high-flying Sale Sharks at the AJ Bell Stadium. Sale will be looking to exact revenge on their visitors following a rather humbling 45 - 19 loss in round two at the Stade Ernest-Wallon. Having open their campaign with a 39 - 0 drubbing of Irish side Ulster, Sale's loss in…

The squad are set to meet for a camp in Verona between January 22-27 and World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year Ange Capuozzo spearheads the list of those included having burst onto the international scene during last year's Championship. Michele Lamaro will once more captain the Azzurri, though Paolo Garbisi misses out with injury…

The new Gallagher Premiership Rugby season kicks off on Friday with an enthralling encounter that sees Saracens begin life back in the top-flight against Bristol Bears following their promotion at the end of last term. Bristol Bears against Saracens gets underway at 7:45pm at Ashton Gate before an action-packed weekend of Premiership…

Backrow powerhouse Jake Polledri looks set to have to wait until 2023 before he is given a shot at returning to the international arena having missed out on Italy's latest training squad ahead of the Autumn Nations series. The 19-cap Azzurri number eight is on a comeback following nearly two years on the sidelines after suffering a horror knee and…

With the Autumn Nations Series resumes this week with more intriguing clashes on offer, Planet Rugby dives into five storylines ahead of the action. Pressure is once again compounding on England head coach Eddie Jones after his team fell short to Argentina 30-29 on Sunday. Jones took responsibility for the loss claiming he was experimenting ahead…

Danilo Fischetti and Luca Morisi have been included amongst a training squad of 35 players in Kieran Crowley's first Italian national squad of the 2022/23 season. The chosen players will converge in Verona from 23 to 28 October in preparation for the Azzurri's Autumn Nations Series challenges. The Italian duo, alongside compatriot Giosúe Zilocchi,…