Premiership Rugby has taken its first step towards "greater transparency" by publishing a salary cap report for the 2020-21 season.
Leicester Tigers have become the first Premiership club to go through a season on top of the table after every round, as the semi-finals are decided in Round 26.
Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out of England's tour to Australia after undergoing a knee operation.
Exeter's hopes of reaching the Gallagher Premiership play-offs for a seventh-successive season were effectively ended by Bristol on Friday night.
Sale bowed out of the Heineken Champions Cup following a 41-22 quarter-final defeat to Racing 92 in Paris.
We round up all the action from Friday's two Premiership matches, which saw important wins for Northampton and Sale.
Bristol Bears secured a narrow Champions Cup Round of 16 first leg win at Sale Sharks, while La Rochelle won well at Bordeaux-Begles.
Faf de Klerk and Lood de Jager will both leave Sale Sharks at the end of the current Gallagher Premiership season.
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