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England will be ideally prepared for the unique challenge of playing at altitude against world champions South Africa on Saturday, says coach Sir Kevin Sinfield.

Northampton and Bath will compete for points in the same tough Champions Cup pool next season, having been drawn alongside the Pretoria-based Bulls and Top 14 runners-up Montpellier, while Leicester will face Leinster, Bristol against Bordeaux-Begles, and Saracens and Exeter are in the same group.

Wales squad settle dispute with the Welsh Rugby Union over match fees three days before their Nations Championship opener with Fiji.

With just over a year until the World Cup, injury-hit Ireland look to begin the inaugural Nations Championship with victories over Australia, Japan and New Zealand.

Samoa prop Lazarus Vaalepu moves from NRL side Melbourne Storm to Leigh Leopards for the rest of the 2026 season.

Hull KR's Tevita Pangai Junior has been banned for six games and fined by the RFL for gouging.

Warrington say centre Arron Lindop's knee injury is not as bad as coach Sam Burgess first feared.

Wakefield eke their way to a narrow win in a topsy-turvy encounter with Super League's bottom side Huddersfield Giants.