Gloucester broke their miserable run of nine consecutive Gallagher Premiership defeats with a morale-boosting 32-20 win over Sale at Kingsholm.
All of the details from Saturday's three Gallagher Premiership matches as Northampton, Bristol and Saracens all won.
Jarrod Evans' missed conversion with the last kick of the game saw Harlequins edged out 20-19 by Leicester on Friday.
Racing 92 have confirmed the signing of Owen Farrell on a two-year contract.
Louis Rees-Zammit speaks to Sky Sports about his NFL ambitions after leaving behind a promising rugby union career.
Steve Borthwick tells Sky Sports captain Jamie George signing the first RFU hybrid-contract is 'a big statement' as far as England retaining their best players.
Stuart Lancaster has confirmed Racing 92 are interested in recruiting Owen Farrell from Saracens but no deal is yet done.
Full-back Tom de Glanville scored two tries as Gallagher Premiership title contenders Bath returned to winning ways.
Saracens boss Mark McCall says "everybody would want" Owen Farrell in their side, with Racing 92 believed to be in talks to sign the England captain.
Harlequins moved to the top of the Premiership with a bonus-point win over Newcastle, while Bristol ended Sales' long winning home run.
Bath missed the chance to top of the Premiership table as they crashed to a convincing 35-22 defeat to Leicester.
Exeter Chiefs go top of the Premiership after a 24-14 bonus-point win against the Bristol Bears at Ashton Gate on Friday.
Bath top the Gallagher Premiership at Christmas after winning an absorbing battle with fellow title contenders Harlequins 25-17 at the Rec.
Sale Sharks showed their title credentials as they edged out fellow high-fliers Saracens 22-20 in a festive thriller to stay top of the Premiership.
Tommy Freeman scored two tries as Northampton opened their Champions Cup campaign with a three-try 28-19 victory away to Glasgow.
The premier club competition in rugby returns this weekend in the form of the Champions Cup, but it does so in a new format.
Owen Farrell will make his first appearance since his decision to step away from Test rugby was announced when Saracens launch their Champions Cup campaign.
Tom Foley, Rugby World Cup final TMO, has stepped back from Test officiating due to the "abuse online" and "increasing levels of vitriol".
England's World Cup winning prop Phil Vickery and former Wales centre Gavin Henson are among 207 new names revealed in the concussion in rugby hearing.
A hat-trick of tries from Leicester's Tommy Reffell ensured Newcastle's desperate start to the season continued with a 47-3 Premiership defeat.