The race to finish in the Premiership play-off spots continues when fourth-place Sale Sharks take on fifth-place Saracens at Salford Community Stadium.
The Premiership is back in full swing this week as the league returns with one game on Friday, three over Saturday before Bristol v Leicester on Sunday.
Saracens’ Gallagher Premiership title hopes have been dented by the confirmation that two players won’t play again this season – including the revitalised Alex Lozowski.
Premiership Rugby confirms plans to trial designated away zones for visiting fans who choose to be seated together inside the stadium during the season run-in.
Stuart Barnes has floated a radical Anglo-Welsh Premiership idea to revive the financial stricken regions in Wales that would involve demoting three current English top-flight teams to the Championship.
Ahead of the Investec Champions Cup round of 16 action, we pick out five of the key talking points as sides jostle for a position in the quarter-finals.
European Professional Club Rugby boss Jacques Raynaud is not concerned over Saracens resting their England stars for their Champions Cup play-off with Toulon.
