Worcester v Northampton (Sat)
Worcester host Northampton in Saturday's Guinness Premiership fixture.

London Irish v Saracens (Sun)
London Irish host Saracens in Sunday's Guinness Premiership fixture.

Bath v Gloucester (Sun)
Bath host Gloucester in Sunday's Guinness Premiership fixture.

Harlequins v Wasps (Sun)
Harlequins host Wasps in Sunday's Guinness Premiership fixture.

Leicester v Sale (Sun)
Leicester host Sale in Sunday's Guinness Premiership fixture.

Hayman returns for Falcons
Newcastle host Leeds in Sunday's Guinness Premiership fixture.

Scotland confirm Argentina tour
Scotland will face Argentina in two Tests during their summer tour.

Banahan pens three-year Bath deal
Wing Matt Banahan signs a three-year deal at Bath as prop David Barnes and hooker Pieter Dixon both agree extensions.

Williams to ease Dragons crisis
Paul Turner has signed former Wales under-20 scrum-half Gareth Williams from Harlequins to alleviate the Dragons' scrum-half injury crisis.

Turner signs new Dragons contract
Dragons coach Paul Turner signs a two-year contract extension.

Glasgow prepare Parks statement
Glasgow are preparing a statement after BBC Wales reveals that Cardiff Blue are poised to sign fly-half Dan Parks.

Scarlets quartet agree new deals
Hooker Matthew Rees is one of four Scarlets players to agree new contracts with the region.

Dupuy appeals against 24-week ban
Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy appeals against the 24-week ban handed down to him for eye-gouging.

Guscott's predictions
Jeremy Guscott on the weekend's Guinness Premiership fixtures

French teams to face salary cap
French rugby's top-flight teams will be forced to implement a salary cap from the start of the 2010/11 season.

Cooper ordered to get counselling
Australia's Quade Cooper is to undergo an extensive personal development and counselling course following a string of off-field misdemeanours.

Wallaby Cooper on burglary charge
Australia's Quade Cooper has been charged with burglary after allegedly stealing from a house on the Gold Coast.

Barbarians 25-18 New Zealand
Bryan Habana scores a hat-trick of tries as the Barbarians beat New Zealand 25-18 at Twickenham, only their second-ever win over the All Blacks.

World Cup ticket prices revealed
Tickets for the final of the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand will cost between NZ$390 (£170) and NZ$1250 (£545).

France 12-39 New Zealand
New Zealand round off their unbeaten tour of Europe with a superb display to beat France in Marseille on Saturday night.

Lions results/reports
Full details of the Lions' tour to South Africa

Allen relishing Heineken Cup test
Leicester and England centre Anthony Allen says the Heineken Cup is the perfect stage to show he can play international rugby.

Returning Jones impresses Ruddock
Worcester fly-half Matthew Jones looks set to make his Premiership return after an impressing against Connacht.

Scarlets v Ospreys (Sat)
Team news and preview ahead of the Boxing Day Magners League west Wales derby at Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli.

Blues v Dragons (Sun)
Team news ahead of the holiday derby at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Smith in at full-back for Ulster
Academy prospect Jamie Smith will play at full-back for Ulster against Leinster in the Magners League on Saturday.

Glasgow v Edinburgh (Sun)
Team news ahead of Sunday's Magners League top-of-the-table meeting between Glasgow and Edinburgh at Firhill.