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Picking through the Premiership pieces

And then there were just four! The final day of the Premiership's regular season sparked a number of parties, with the biggest held in Leicester. The Tigers collected an unlikely play-off berth after the Sharks went belly-up! Email us!

C Latham c Short b Injury..............................99

Australia star Chris Latham has played his last match for the Reds after picking up an injury at the weekend, leaving the Queensland legend stranded on 99 Super Rugby appearances.

BOD hungry for second bite at the cherry

Fresh from leading Leinster to the Magners League title, Ireland skipper Brian O'Driscoll has declared that he won't give up the British & Irish Lions captaincy without a fight.

Guinness Prem
  Team Pyd Pts
1. Gloucester 22 74
2. London Wasps 22 70
3. Bath 22 69
4. Leicester 22 64
5. Sale 22 63
6. Harlequins 22 63
7. London Irish 22 59
8. Saracens 22 52
9. Bristol 22 37
10. Worcester 22 36
11. Newcastle 22 34
12. Leeds Carnegie 22 12

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The decision made by the IRB to trial the ELVs in the north was:

A slap in the face to all those who have been playing the same rules for so long
A huge boost to New Zealand's chances in the 2011 RWC
A significant step forward for the game of rugby union
Made under serums injected by Martian scientists

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Gallery - HEC semi-final weekend

Twickenham is awash with colour as Toulouse take on London Irish And it is the Exiles who start the better with Bob Casey leading the charge As well as Peter Richards causing trouble playing as a centre