Italy flanker Jake Polledri has announced his retirement from professional rugby at the age of 28, having failed to recover completely from a serious knee injury.
Gloucester broke their miserable run of nine consecutive Gallagher Premiership defeats with a morale-boosting 32-20 win over Sale at Kingsholm.
Louis Rees-Zammit speaks to Sky Sports about his NFL ambitions after leaving behind a promising rugby union career.
Wales rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit has left the sport to pursue a dream move to the NFL, but can he succeed where others have faltered and what sets him apart?
Warren Gatland has revealed he only found out Louis Rees-Zammit was leaving rugby to pursue an NFL career an hour before he announced his Wales Six Nations squad.
Full-back Tom de Glanville scored two tries as Gallagher Premiership title contenders Bath returned to winning ways.
Northampton mounted a stunning fightback to beat Sale 21-17 and moved to the top of the Gallagher Premiership table with a sixth successive victory.
Bath top the Gallagher Premiership at Christmas after winning an absorbing battle with fellow title contenders Harlequins 25-17 at the Rec.
Richard Hibbard will rejoin the Wales squad on Monday after playing as a substitute for Gloucester at the weekend.
Will Greenwood heaped praise on fellow 2003 World Cup winner Mike Tindall following his retirement.
Miles Harrison is expecting Leicester and Gloucester to produce a fitting end to a cracking year of rugby.
Pat Sanderson and Dean Ryan take a look at this weekend's clash between Leicester and Gloucester.