Stuart Lancaster gives banned hooker latest chance and says depth of talent made selections tricky

England coach names elite player squads and sticks by under-fire duo

Football League look set to make a decision on ground-share agreement that will see Coventry play their home games at Northampton Town's Sixfields

The Tigers' director of rugby was banned for nine matches

Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill has been suspended for nine matches by a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel after he was found guilty of using words that were “obscene, inappropriate and unprofessional” during the Aviva Premiership final.

Lions prop faces disciplinary hearing after being cited for offence but must also have scan on ankle injury

Lock will keep big hits coming but is trying to add variety to toughness

Stuart Lancaster hailed Kyle Eastmond’s creative potential after naming the Bath centre in the England side to play a South American XV in Montevideo tomorrow.

Northampton flanker Calum Clark has been ruled out of England action for a third time in 12 months after he failed to overcome an ankle injury in time to make the tour of Uruguay and Argentina.

Clark was ruled out of England's summer tour of South Africa last year and the autumn internationals

Rory Best called up after hooker given 11-week ban for calling Premiership final referee Wayne Barnes a cheat

A tale of two captains who failed to last the course, one in disgrace, the other whose absence looked likely to cost his club the grandest domestic prize English rugby has to offer. The 228th meeting of these two Midland rivals was not, you might say, without incident.

Dylan Hartley was sent off in the first half as Leicester Tigers were crowned Premiership Champions with a 37-17 victory at Twickenham.

When Samu Manoa’s mother last saw him, she decided that the 19st-plus Northampton forward was looking a little on the skinny side. “Are they feeding you over there in England?” she asked him. “Give me the coach’s number. I’ll call him.”