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SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Exeter Chiefs are looking to secure the double on Saturday as they take on Wasps in the Premiership final at Twickenham. All they key battles ahead of the showpiece clash.
Wayne Barneswill miss refereeing a 10th Premiership final on Saturday after he tested positive for coronavirus. Craig Maxwell-Keys will replace him for his first ever top-tier final.
Ireland need maximum points against Italy on Saturday to stop England winning the Six Nations next week, as the tournament resumes in Dublin.
ROB ROBERTSON: Finn Russell made his long-awaited return to Scotland duty on Friday night as Gregor Townsend's men made light work of a hapless Georgia team.
Ireland were in control throughout against Italy as the 2020 Six Nations tournament returned after a long hiatus. A bonus point against France next week will give them the title.
The new father has had his eyes opened to a new world since he last donned Welsh red, and feels more at ease ahead of his 99th international against France in Paris on Saturday.
EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON: When the cameras pan to Ben Youngs running out for his 100th cap this autumn, he may well cast back his mind to Christmas, 1998. His grandfather built a set of rugby posts.
Headers have sat idle for years waiting for drought to break, now it's all hands on deck for the 2020 harvest. (ABC New England North West: Jennifer Ingall)
MIKE BROWN: Even if Ben Youngs doesn't leave the international game as a World Cup winner, he should still be remembered as one of England's top players.
Former England captain Chris Robshaw and his Barbarians team-mates could face police action after video evidence showed them breaking strict Covid-19 government regulations.
MIKE BROWN: If you had told me in 2005 that Exeter Chiefs would become Premiership and European champions I would have laughed you out of the room. The Chiefs won 19-13 against Wasps.
All Blacks No.8 Ardie Savea and prop Nepo Laulala are on paternity leave and will miss the third Bledisloe Cup Test against Australia next weekend, coach Ian Foster has said. Both players were absent
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Willis is far and away the best 'jackal' in the Premiership and it is that all-round understanding which makes him such a beast at the breakdown.
They might as well re-name him Jackal Willis now. Such is the Wasps flanker's dominance at the breakdown this season -where he has taken a staggering 44 turnovers, 25 more than anyone else - Jack
RFU chiefs pulled the plug after learning of two breaches. A group of seven players left their London hotel to go to the pub, the night before Chris Robshaw and 11 others dined out in a restaurant.
Chris Robshaw's farewell appearance against England at Twickenham on Sunday is off after the former national captain was among a group of Barbarians players to breach Covid protocols.
The Gloucester wing, 19, is one of two uncapped Welshmen in the squad for the Paris match, alongside Ospreys hooker Sam Parry, with Wayne Pivac naming a strong line-up.
The RFU launched the urgent inquest on Thursday evening after they were alerted that Chris Robshaw and 11 other players had left the bio-secure team hotel on Park Lane.
For a decade now Rob Baxter has been Exeter's undisputed Big Chief. As he showers his club with gold, collecting the most coveted prizes on offer, the question quickly becomes: what is next?
Wasps breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday as they were given the green light to compete in Saturday's Premiership final against Exeter after containing their Covid outbreak.
The non-cap match is due to take place at Twickenham on Sunday but the RFU are now conducting a frantic review to see if it can still go ahead.
Coffs Harbour Police youth command and wrestling coach Chris Helback instructing the young people. (ABC Coffs Coast: Claire Lindsay)
The Premiership's fitting final will go ahead at Twickenham on Saturday evening, to salvage the credibility of the league after a week when Covid contingency plans were held up to ridicule.
NIK SIMON AT TWICKENHAM: It summed up the Exeter Chiefs that, before they had even left the stadium with their winners' medals, Rob Baxter was already talking about next match.