Clermont gained revenge for their 2009 French Top 14 final defeat to Perpignan by beating their rivals 22-17 on Friday to move back into pole position in this season's title race. Clermont were reinforced by the return of their Six Nations players - winger Julien Malzieu as well as backrow forwards Julien Bonnaire and Alexandre Lapandry all started while scrum-half ...

The bitter row between Stade Francais and the English Rugby Football Union over James Haskell has overshadowed the French side's build-up to a crucial Top 14 game against Toulouse this weekend. Stade's request to have Haskell released from England duty on what is a blank Six Nations weekend was flatly turned down by the RFU, who insisted there ...

England lock Simon Shaw is set to find out the full extent of the shoulder injury he sustained in last weekend's Six Nations loss to Ireland over the next few days. The Wasps second row forward, who went off in the opening minutes of England's Grand Slam ending 20-16 defeat by Ireland at Twickenham, saw a specialist Monday ...

Italy and Scotland were tied 6-6 at half-time of their Six Nations match here at the Stadio Flaminio on Saturday. Both sides are looking for their first win of this year's tournament, having lost their first two matches.