Premiership Rugby News

1. AUDIO: 90-second previews of this weekend's European Cup and Challenge Cup finals
   Russell Hargreaves looks ahead to the 2012 Amlin Challenge Cup final at The Twickenham Stoop on Friday night, as well as to the 2012 Heineken Cup final at Twickenham the day after.
2. London Irish confirm three pre-season fixtures
   London Irish has arranged three pre-season fixtures this August to prepare for the 2012/13 Aviva Premiership and Cup campaigns.
3. Aviva Premiership: Skinner happy to be a team player
   Harlequins back row Will Skinner might miss out on the club's first-ever Aviva Premiership final but he insists that does not diminish his job ahead of the Twickenham clash.
4. Premiership Rugby Announces Details Of The All Parliamentary Premiership Rugby Community Awards
   Premiership Rugby announced today that for the seventh year running it will be celebrating the valuable community work of its clubs with the All Parliamentary Premiership Rugby Community Awards on 27thJune at the House of Commons.
5. Just 1,000 tickets left for the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final
   THERE ARE only 1,000 tickets left for the 2012 Aviva Premiership Rugby Final, Premiership Rugby announced today.
6. Mallinder signs new contract with the Saints
   Northampton Saints today announced that director of rugby Jim Mallinder has signed a new contract with the club, which will extend his tenure at Franklin's Gardens until at least 2015.
7. Aviva Premiership: Buchanan after perfect finish to dream season
   Harlequins hooker Rob Buchanan has had a whirlwind season but he insists it won't be complete unless the Stoop outfit secure a first-ever Aviva Premiership title at Twickenham on May 26 against Leicester.
8. Update On Aviva Premiership Rugby Final Tickets From Leicester Tigers
9. Pisi at the double at Saints Awards
   George Pisi was the centre of attention at the 2012 Northampton Saints End of Season Awards Dinner, picking up two of the night's top prizes.
10. Harlequins' Will Skinner crowned champion cake-maker
11. Ford drives Tigers to Twickenham once again
    Teenager George Ford drove Leicester into a remarkable eighth successive Aviva Premiership Rugby Final as Tigers ended Saracens' reign as English champions.
12. Marler makes a Twickenham date for mighty Quins
    Harlequins reached their first Aviva Premiership Rugby Final with a nail-biting victory over Northampton, sealed four minutes from time when Joe Marler was driven over for a converted try.
13. Preview: Leicester Tigers v Saracens
    Leicester Tigers have reeled off ten successive victories in all competitions and have not lost at Welford Road since Harlequins were the visitors on 8 October. This is the Tigers eighth successive appearance in the Premiership Playoffs and the East Midlanders have won their last eleven semi-finals in all competitions.
14. Preview: Harlequins v Northampton Saints
    Harlequins play in only their second Premiership semi-final - the other was at home to London Irish in 2008/09 where they were defeated 0-17.
15. Falcons win but Wasps still stay up
    Newcastle face relegation from Aviva Premiership Rugby despite their crunch basement battle against fellow strugglers Wasps ending with a hard-earned 14-10 victory.
16. Quins cruise to Edgeley Park win to secure top spot
    Harlequins secured top spot in the Aviva Premiership Rugby table with a 24-10 triumph over Sale in the Sharks' last ever game at Edgeley Park.
17. Saints turn on style to confirm semi-final spot
    Chris Ashton's Franklin's Gardens farewell lasted only 19 minutes but it was long enough for the England winger to score the try which set Northampton on the way to the Aviva Premiership Rugby play-off semi-finals for the third successive year with a 42-14 win over Worcester.
18. Twelvetrees steers Tigers into a home semi-final
    Billy Twelvetrees showed what Leicester will miss next season when he helped the Tigers book an Aviva Premiership Rugby home semi-final with a comfortable 28-3 win over Bath.
19. Saracens come from behind to snuff Chiefs semi-final hopes
    Saracens gave a convincing second-half performance to run out comfortable 40-22 winners over Exeter at Vicarage Road.
20. Exiles give Catt the perfect send-off
    London Irish gave England-bound attack coach Mike Catt the perfect send-off with a six-try 52-18 win over Gloucester in a Madejski Stadium contest marred by the sendings off of Jim Hamilton and David Paice.