Wales boss Warren Gatland admitted his team "got out of jail" after they claimed a dramatic Six Nations win over Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.
Stuart Lancaster has confirmed he has applied for the full-time England coach's job after leading them to victory over Scotland on Saturday.
Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson has been called into the England squad as a replacement for his younger brother Lee.
Tom Biggs scored a first-half hat-trick as Bath beat Exeter 31-3 at Sandy Park to secure a home LV= Cup semi-final against Leicester.
Leigh Halfpenny kicked a final-minute penalty to snatch a 23-21 victory for Wales over Ireland in their RBS Six Nations opener in Dublin.
Wales showed plenty of fighting spirit in coming from behind to beat Ireland 23-21 in dramatic fashion in their tense Six Nations clash in Dublin on Sunday.
Dylan Hartley compared England's battling 13-6 win over Scotland with his own personal coming-of-age performance in last year's opening round.
Bulls assistant coach Johan van Graan says his team's 16-12 win over the Kings in a warm-up match in Port Elizabeth on Saturday produced many highlights for them to ponder over before the start of the Super Rugby season.
Four tries from Tom James helped the Cardiff Blues pick up their first points of this season's LV= Cup in a 45-40 win over Harlequins.
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee is hoping that the breakdown will be more strictly policed this season than it was in his team's warm-up match against the Cheetahs in which some players "got away with murder".
Scotland flanker Ross Rennie has begun looking ahead to claiming victory over Wales in Cardiff.
Wing Max Evans believes Scotland will soon find their way to the try line, if their attacking instincts are reined in slightly.
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