Northampton Saints climbed to third in the Premiership as they handed bottom side Bath their ninth straight defeat.Saints earned their bonus point before the break with two tries from Juarno Augustus and one each Rory Hutchinson and Tommy Freeman, all converted by Wales stand-off Dan Biggar.Bath kept in touch with scores for Sam Underhill, Lewis Boyce and Will Stuart, two…

Ollie Hassell-Collins' hat-trick helped London Irish to a dominant 43-21 Premiership win over Newcastle Falcons.Irish secured a bonus point after 33 minutes after two tries from Hassell-Collins and one each for Steve Mafi and Curtis Rowe as Sean Robinson and Callum Chick replied for Falcons.Hassell-Collins' third try came 12 minutes after the break before Agustin Creevy burrowed in 15 minutes…

Worcester Warriors beat Wasps for the first time since the Coventry side moved to the Midlands as they hung on for a bonus-point victory at Sixways.Warriors looked well on course against their injury-ravaged opponents when Will Chudley's try followed first-half efforts from Gareth Simpson, Duhan van der Merwe and Ted Hill.Flanker Tom Willis' late try gave Wasps a chance to…

Leinster regrouped from the defeat by Ulster as their returning Ireland stars helped them see off Connacht 47-19 in the United Rugby Championship.Tries from Mack Hansen and Sammy Arnold helped Connacht lead twice in the first half at the RDS Arena in Dublin.But Garry Ringrose and Dan Sheehan tries put Leinster 19-12 up at half-time after Rhys Ruddock's early score.Jordan…