Bristol Bears will be well under the increased Premiership salary cap ceiling next season despite the riches of Steve Lansdown, their billionaire owner, because of a forecast reduction in central funding to follow the new broadcast deal.
Saracens intend to maintain their tradition of going on boozy in-season team-bonding trips in spite of Billy Vunipola’s arrest in Majorca.
Paris Saint-Germain have it all to do if they are to reach next month’s final