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Montpellier will face Toulouse in the Top 14 final after a hard-edged 25-15 semi-final win over Stade Francais in Marseille.

Oli Jager’s immediate retirement on medical grounds is a personal blow first, but it also sharpens Munster’s tighthead and rebuild questions before a pivotal new season.

George Hendy’s match-winning Premiership final double for Northampton has sharpened talk of an England call after Saints beat Exeter at Twickenham.

Rassie Erasmus has named a 46-man Springboks squad for the Nations Championship, with Bulls returnees and six uncapped players giving South Africa a familiar mix of power and planning.

Ireland will arrive in Sydney without Caelan Doris and Tommy O’Brien, giving the Wallabies a different kind of opportunity in their Nations Championship opener.

Damian McKenzie’s final ended in a Chiefs collapse, but New Zealand’s All Blacks debate is more complicated than one brutal Wellington night.

Ai Dickson’s last-gasp debut try gave Western Force Women a 21-17 win over Queensland Reds and a timely lift in the Super Rugby Women race.

Fehi Fineanganofo and Josh Moorby finished the Hurricanes’ title season with 17 tries each, giving New Zealand selectors another wing-depth question before Monday’s All Blacks squad announcement.

Ruben Love’s player-of-the-match Super Rugby final display has sharpened New Zealand’s first-five debate before Monday’s All Blacks squad announcement.

Montpellier and Stade Francais turned the second Top 14 semi-final into a one-point pressure test, with Toulouse already waiting for the winner.

Henry Pollock’s Premiership final performance for Northampton has sharpened Steve Borthwick’s back-row decision before England’s summer squad is finalised.

Edwill van der Merwe scored a hat-trick as South Africa opened 2026 with an 80-31 win over the Barbarians in Gqeberha, giving Rassie Erasmus a useful first depth read.