CALL-UP: Five of Sale’s Premiership title-chasing side have been named in South Africa’s preliminary 46-man squad to face the British and Irish Lions. FULL STORY
YOUNG GUN: Exeter Chiefs centre Barrie Karea has signed with French side Cognac Saint-Jean-d’Angély FULL STORY
RUMOUR: Reports in France suggest Montpellier are interested in signing George Ford at the end of next season as Springbok Handre Pollard’s replacement with the best paid player in the world set to leave in 2022.