Bordeaux Begles remarkable rise sees them chasing back-to-back Investec Champions Cups on Saturday after gaining promotion to France's top flight in 2011.

Ahead of the Challenge Cup final on Friday, will Ulster salvage their season with silverware against Montpellier in Bilbao as they look to end a 20-year trophy drought?

Former Wales international Rhys Thomas recently had a heart transplant in his hometown of Cape Town.

Ulster head coach Richie Murphy calls on his players to "fight with everything they have got" in Friday's Challenge Cup final with Montpellier.

Northampton Saints wing Tommy Freeman is nominated for both the Prem and England men's player of the season awards.

Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton says there is "more appetite" for new investment in Prem rugby now relegation has been scrapped.

Bristol Bears' Christiana Balogun on how it felt to make her England debut this spring, four years after being diagnosed with cancer.

Ospreys chief executive Lance Bradley has confirmed the region is yet to sign Welsh rugby's latest Professional Rugby Agreement.

Ulster are handed a major boost as fit-again winger Robert Baloucoune has been named to start Friday's European Challenge Cup final against Montpellier.

Ahead of the Investec Champions Cup final, Leinster's Garry Ringrose and Robin McBryde talk evolution, past heartbreak and Bordeaux.