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Leinster battle back from 29-14 down to beat Cardiff Blues at the Arms Park as the new Pro14 season gets under way.

Match report will appear here.

Match report will appear here.

New Northampton Saints boss Chris Boyd tells BBC Look East about his high expectations for the players before his first game in charge.

Former British and Irish Lions Jeremy Guscott, Matt Dawson and Ugo Monye preview the new Premiership season.

After being "beaten up", "outmuscled" and having their "deficiencies exposed" last term, Fraser Brown urges Glasgow to get smarter.

Team news as Newcastle Falcons host Saracens in Sunday's Premiership fixture at Kingston Park (15:00 BST).

Marcell Coetzee returns from injury and new signing Henry Speight will make his debut as Ulster host Scarlets in their Pro14 opener on Saturday.

New signing Ross Moriarty is out of Dragons' opening Pro14 game of the season against Benetton but Richard Hibbard makes his debut.

BBC Sport travels to the Cornish Pirates to find out how the most remote team on the UK mainland keeps going.

Christian Wade says the sport must do more to get children from state schools into the sport.