Red Bull have had a challenging first season at Newcastle, as they play catch up with the rest of The Prem.

Cardiff will chase an upset when travelling to Stormers for their first United Rugby Championship play-off quarter-final on Saturday.

England and Northampton Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell sustains another hamstring injury which leaves him doubtful for the remainder of the season.

Leinster prop Paddy McCarthy is ruled out for the rest of the Irish province's season after suffering a foot injury in the Champions Cup final defeat by Bordeaux Begles.

Bath flanker Ted Hill says he feels his performances are "turning a corner" as the business end of the season approaches.

Sale Sharks agree a deal to sign England's World Cup-winning captain Zoe Stratford.

Saracens agree to sign South African tighthead prop Corne Weilbach for next season.

Munster fly-half Jack Crowley is ruled out of Saturday's United Rugby Championship quarter-final against the Bulls in Pretoria.

From Rory McIlroy to mentality, Bordeaux are leading a golden era as France complete a Six Nations, Champions Cup and Challenge Cup clean sweep.

Bordeaux-Begles score five first-half tries to retain the Champions Cup title with a comfortable victory over Leinster in the final in Bilbao and prolong the Irish team's agony in European rugby's showpiece game.

After their previous European final defeats came down to "fine margins", Bordeaux's thrashing of Leinster in Bilbao highlighted a gulf between the sides