Gloucester held on to beat Exeter Chiefs 34-31 at Kingsholm on Sunday as the former Prem champions put a huge dent in the visitors' championship hopes.
George Ford put a smile back on the face of Alex Sanderson and then told his Sale boss to stop beating himself up for the club’s heaviest ever home league defeat.
Springboks star Jesse Kriel was in fine form for Yokohama Canon Eagles in their win over champions Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo while ex-All Blacks coach Steve Hansen led his Toyota Verblitz side to victory against BlackRams Tokyo.
Current Hurricanes assistant coach Jason Holland has opened up on his decision to quit his coaching role with the All Blacks and how he felt when Scott Robertson was fired as the men in black's head coach.
Craig Doyle has recalled the peace-making phone call he received from Geoff Parling hours after the Leicester coach infamously pushed the presenter off the Villa Park pitch on live TV.
