Exeter Chiefs agree new contracts with 30 players, including England backs Jack Nowell and Henry Slade.

WRU chairman Gareth Davies says player welfare has to be the main concern when rugby resumes

Premiership clubs will not be subject to selection penalties from the 14 August resumption, on a player-welfare basis.

Versatile forward Matt Garvey joins Gloucester on a short-term deal following his exit from rivals Bath.

Premiership Rugby says protecting "the integrity of the competition" is why clubs have a congested revised schedule.

England hooker Jamie George signs a new three-year contract with Premiership side Saracens.

Saracens hooker Tom Woolstencroft signs a new two-year contract with the Premiership club.

Exeter Chiefs signed Argentine wing Facundo Cordero prior of the restart of the 2019-20 Premiership rugby season.

Marseille will no longer stage the 2020 Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals, but will host the events in 2021.

Scottish Rugby is developing a proposal aimed at making Edinburgh v Glasgow on 22 August a "pilot" event with a limited number of fans in attendance.

Scotland winger Sean Maitland signs a new two-year contract with Saracens.