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Gloucester are paying their first transfer fee to buy Morley's centre Craig Emerson. The Third Division side had signed Emerson on a one-year contract but have agreed to release him in return for a substantial payment, believed to be around pounds 10,000.

Home and away play-offs will decide the fate of England's top clubs from this season onwards. EPRUC (English Professional Rugby Union Clubs Ltd) are introducing the new system to decide the final promotion and relegation places in the Courage League's First and Second Divisions.