London Irish boosted their Premiership play-off hopes and moved up to fifth as they won 34-19 at Newcastle.Irish raced 19-0 ahead through Josh Basham, Tom Pearson and Danilo Fischetti, but Matt Dalton and Jamie Blamire tries cut the lead to 19-14.Carl Fearns levelled the scores from a catch and drive soon after the break.However, Matt Cornish and Ollie Hassell-Collins soon…

Sale Sharks fought back to claim a bonus-point win in beating 14-man Premiership leaders Saracens.After two Alex Goode penalties, Alex Lewington's try extended the visitors' lead, while Theo Dan also scored.Joe Carpenter touched down twice either side of Sam James as Sale responded.Jono Ross kept up Sale's resurgence before Kapeli Pifeleti hit back, but Sarries had Robin Hislop sent off…

There has not been much hope for Wales during this Six Nations so far.Three defeats mean Warren Gatland's side prop up the table before a potential Wooden Spoon decider in Italy next weekend. Wales have dropped to 10th in the world rankings and lost 12 out of their last 15 matches.The emergence of some young talent might be one ray…

Jarrod Evans is to leave Cardiff at the end of the 2022-23 season.Harlequins have been strongly linked with a move for the Wales fly-half as cover for England's Marcus Smith.Cardiff head coach Dai Young said the club was unable to match an offer for the 26-year-old due to the drastic budget cuts facing all four Welsh regions.He added that the…