England head coach Steve Borthwick says his players have tried to make most of limited preparation time for their Test against a comparatively battle-hardened Australia.

Head coach Gregor Townsend on the challenge of finding Scotland's first win over New Zealand and getting high-ball help from Australia.

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso should be fit to play for England in next month's Nations Championship matches.

Prop Sisilia Tuipulotu has hazy memories of growing up in Tokyo as she bids for back-to-back WXV Global Series wins in Japan with Wales.

Wales release Rio Dyer from their Nations Championship squad after hamstring injury, with Scarlets wing Macs Page added for November's games.

Centre Garry Ringrose is set to miss Ireland's Nations Championship fixtures next month with a hamstring injury.

Bath confirm flanker Guy Pepper will miss England's Nations Championship games and fly-half Santi Carreras will not play again this season.

Ireland's assistant coach Jonathan Sexton backs prop Tadhg Furlong after the Leinster prop was cited for an alleged groin grab.

Where a player is born in only one part of the story - BBC Sport traces the playing journey of Wales' 100 most recent internationals.

The 21-year-old centre is currently awaiting the results of a scan after suffering a serious-looking knee injury.

Bristol Bears have signed 21-year-old Samoan forward Totoa Auvaa, two weeks after he was sacked by Saracens.

The main talking points from this weekend's Prem action, which was something of a throwback compared to the free-flowing rugby so far this season.