Monday Morning Round Up
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All Blacks 7s take the honours in Australia
New Zealand beat USA 21-5 to win the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Sydney and move top of the overall standings after four events. Read more
Hill and Hepburn agree new deals at Chiefs
Exeter Chiefs has confirmed that forwards Alec Hepburn, 25, and Jonny Hill, 24, are the latest to put pen to paper, both agreeing terms on two-year contract extensions that will keep them at Sandy Park until at least the summer of 2021. Full story
Stephen Larkham axed as Wallabies assistant coach
Stephen Larkham has been axed as Wallabies assistant coach following "differences in attacking strategy" with coach Michael Cheika. Full story
Six Nations: Team Of The Week Round One
Wales and France got things underway on Friday evening with Wales continuing their impressive run of victories that extended to 10 games. The win also saw Wales notch up their 50th win over France and their seventh in their last eight meetings.
The action continued on Saturday when Scotland claimed an impressive 33-20 win over Italy go top of the Six Nations table, while England ended Ireland's 12 game winning streak at Aviva Stadium, defeating the reigning Six Nations' champions 20-32. See our Team of the Week here
England Women secure bonus-point win in Ireland
England sent out an early message to their Women's Six Nations rivals by beating Ireland 51-7 at Donnybrook. Katy Daley-Mclean notched 16 points as last year's runners-up got their campaign up and running in fine style.
Italy also secured a bonus-point win, beating Scotland 28-7 at Scotstoun. The visitors ran in three scores in the second to seal the extra point and put gloss on the scoreboard.
Major League Rugby Round-Up: Gameweek 2
Game week two in Major League Rugby saw three matches take place and the standout no doubt being New Orleans Gold against the Glendale Raptors.
NOLA sent a message to the rest of their competition as they stunned the 2018 finalists, Raptors, 40-31 at Gold Stadium, while last year’s champions the Seattle Seawolves went down 17-13 against the San Diego Legion. Read more
2019 Americas Rugby Championship Round-Up
The 2019 Americas Rugby Championship kicked off its fourth series on Saturday, with all the Uruguay providing the only shock in week 1.
The opening round saw three fixtures take place and it was Uruguay that stunned the Canadians 20-17 at the Estadio Charrúa after being 17- 8 behind at the break. Full story
The crucial score from @RugbyUruguay that gave them an opening 20-17 win over Canada in Americas Rugby Championship #ARC2019 pic.twitter.com/2c3mqZP02U
— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) February 3, 2019
Premiership Rugby Cup Semi Finals Confirmed:
The Premiership Rugby Cup played its last round of pool games this weekend (with the exception of Bath vs Gloucester which is on this evening after postponement) and the Semi Finals have been confirmed for this weekend
Friday - Worcester Warriors vs Saracens (19:45)
Saturday - Northampton Saints vs Newcastle Falcons (12:15)
Weekend Results: