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• Top 14 wrap: Round 3
  Stade Français answered all their critics in the best way possible on Saturday with a convincing 26-11 away win over Perpignan while Bayonne created the upset of the weekend at home to Clermont."
  

• Leinster pinch a draw in Cardiff
  The big game of the opening weekend of the Magners League ending in a 16-all stalemate, with the Blues and Leinster sharing the spoils at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday. "
  

• Premiership reaction - Saturday
  Wasps boss Ian McGeechan felt poor refereeing cost Wasps a bonus point as the Guinness Premiership champions made a torrid start to life without Lawrence Dallaglio."
  

• Griquas bash Boland
  Griquas defeated the never-say-die Boland Kavaliers 48-22 in the crucial bottom-of-the-table Currie Cup match played at Absa Park in Kimberley on Saturday."
  

• Harlequins hold on for win
  Harlequins kicked off their Guinness Premiership campaign by recording a tense 24-21 victory over Saracens at Twickenham on Saturday."
  

• Sharks edge Blue Bulls in thriller
  The Sharks pulled a nail-biting encounter from the fire to beat the Blue Bulls 34-25 in Durban on Saturday to move to the top of the Currie Cup table."
  

• Care backs Strettle for England return
  Danny Care was delighted to help David Strettle start his quest for an England recall with a try just 53 seconds into Harlequins' 24-21 victory over Saracens.
  

• Barnes to referee All Blacks against Scots
  The All Blacks will be ruled by the whistle of English rugby referee Wayne Barnes against Scotland in November.
  

• McGeechan unhappy with referee
  Ian McGeechan felt poor refereeing cost Wasps a bonus point as the Guinness Premiership champions made a torrid start to life without Lawrence Dallaglio.
  

• South Africans deny blackmail plot
  The South Africa Rugby Union on Saturday moved to quash reports of a blackmail attempt to influence coach Peter de Villiers' selection of the Springbok squad.
  

• Failure spurs on Ryan
  Dean Ryan wants his Gloucester squad to learn the painful lessons of play-off failure as they prepare for another Guinness Premiership campaign.
  

• Losing start for champions Wasps
  Champions Wasps start the defence of their crown with an error-strewn display as they go down to London Irish at a wet Twickenham.
  

• Saracens 21-24 Harlequins
  Harlequins squeeze past Saracens in the second game of the London double-header at Twickenham.
  

• Cardiff Blues 16-16 Leinster
  The Blues and Leinster fought to a draw at the Arms Park on their Magners League season opener.
  

• Ospreys complete Nutbrown signing
  The Ospreys have completed the signing of New Zealand A scrum-half Jamie Nutbrown on a two-year deal from Waikato Chiefs.
  

• Nations Cup glory for England Women
  England Women added the Nations Cup crown to their already bulging silverware cabinet this season after a hard fought 43-9 victory against Canada on Sunday at Esher RFC.
  

• RWC Sevens field continues to take shape
  Samoa and Australia have cause to celebrate after being crowned the men's and women's Oceania Sevens champions to secure their places at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai next March.
  

• England Women to compete in Nations Cup
  England Women, the RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam champions, will take on Canada and the USA in the inaugural Nations Cup, to be held at Esher RFC, next month.
  

• Suggestions on how to fix the wagon
  This week Boulder gets some free advice on how to remedy the ailing Eagle program.
  

• IRB names ref for US Japan tests
  The IRB has named Irishman Peter Fitzgibbon as the referee for the two-test series between the US and Japan in November.