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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has been holding discussions about reviewing its overseas player selection policy, England head coach Steve Borthwick said, adding that he would like to have the best players at his disposal.

Exeter forward Jannes Kirsten is the latest player to announce he is leaving the former Premiership champions.

Dan Cole and Sam Simmonds could be the Barbarians’ secret weapons when Eddie Jones makes his hotly-anticipated Twickenham return.

Owen Farrell ‘fully accepts he needs to change’ his tackle technique after he was named as England captain for the Six Nations

Dan Cole and Sam Simmonds could be the Barbarians’ secret weapons when Eddie Jones makes his hotly-anticipated Twickenham return.

Evans has a good reputation and his appointment as England's new attack coach illustrates the new approach Steve Borthwick is seeking

Owen Farrell produced a masterly display from fly-half to get Saracens back into the winning habit with a 35-3 victory against Exeter

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: The boys back home will give me stick when they see these photos, he says, posing in his new surroundings with views stretching out across the Cote dAzur.

ALEX BYWATER: McCalls side host an Exeter team on Saturday who have already lost two of their England contingent - Sam Simmonds and Luke Cowan-Dickie - to Montpellier.

Luke Cowan-Dickie ran in a hat-trick as Exeter thrashed South Africa’s Bulls 44-14 at Sandy Park in Pool A in the Champions Cup