Weekend Round Up

Billy Vunipola out of Lions Tour:

The Saracens & England 8th man will miss the Lions series after picking up a shoulder injury that requires surgery. A massive blow for Gatlands men but they have called up fellow England loosie, James Haskell, to replace him. Full Story

Shaun Treeby banned:

Stormers midfielder, Shaun Treeby, has been banned after a dangerous tackle in Friday nights clash at Newlands. The CT based side have lost a number of players to injury but have also welcomed back Springbok Damian de Allende Full Story

Dane Coles still struggling with injury:

All Black Dane Coles will miss a further 2 weeks due to injury after hoping to travel to south Africa for the Hurricanes Super Rugby games Full Story

World Series 7's Dream Team for the 2016/2017 Season:

With the series coming to an end in London yesterday and South Africa already being named Champions, the dream team has been announced and it is a pretty formidable side

Top 5 NZ tries from Round 13 of Super Rugby

Watch James Stannard lose his tooth and give it to referee Craig Joubert

Ruan Combrinck comes in late for the Lions and scores off his 1st touch:

Premiership semi-final results

Exeter Chiefs ran out 18-16 victors over Sarries and booked their place in the Premiership final after a truly incredible 80 minutes of rugby. (Full match report)

Wasps ran out 21-20 victors over Leicester semi-final clash at The Ricoh Arena. Both sides started brightly and the score at the end of a free flowing first half was 16-13 to Wasps. Full match report

PRO12 semi-final results

Scarlets ran out 27-15 victors over Leinster in this PRO12 semi-final clash at the RDS. The Welsh side started brightly scoring the opening try of the game, going into the break leading by 21-10 but suffered a red card as Steff Evans was sent off for a tip tackle on Garry Ringrose. Full match report

Munster won against Ospreys through fantastic desire and defence. They really dug deep today to keep Ospreys tryless and got their just rewards in the form of 3 tries. Full match report