After Saracens' victory over the previously unbeaten Harlequins, Talking Rugby's Russell Hargreaves caught up with Alex Goode and Andy Saull of Saracens, Harlequins centre Matt Hopper, Conor O'Shea and Mark McCall.

The game was a sell-out and saw just two tries, one from Saracens' David Strettle and one from Harlequins' Joe Marler, but provided a great day out for the Twickenham crowd who were entertained my X Factor contestants in the build-up to kick-off and at half time.

In front of a sell-out Twickenham crowd, it was a top-of-the-table London derby at the home of English rugby as reigning Aviva Premiership champions, Saracens, took down the previously unbeaten, Harlequins.

Nick Heath was at Kingsholm and caught up with Bryan Redpath, Dai Young and Henry Trinder after the game. Gloucester thrashed London Wasps with a demolition of the Londoners who remain near the bottom of the Aviva Premiership table. Gloucester moved up to fifth in the table in a victory that sees the Cherry-and-Whites replenish their play-off hopes.

Gloucester thrilled a sell-out Kingsholm crowd with a six try destruction of visiting side, London Wasps.

The last time these sides met was back in February when Gloucester won 10-9 at Adams Park. Gloucester had won just two from their last six games and Wasps had lost all of their last four matches apart from last weekend’s victory over Bayonne.

In a post-match interview Bryan Redpath said “The players should be proud of themselves. They’ve had a lot of stick over the last couple of months, some of it is justifiable and some of it not.” He added “I think the win was a combination of many things.”

The new England interim coaches chatted to Talking Rugby earlier in the month and it's time to see what they said in the interviews.

Former England Saxons and Leeds Carnegie coach, Stuart Lancaster, Graham Rowntree, a member of the previous England coaching team and Andy Farrell, father of Owen Farrell and a coach at Saracens, make up the interim coaching team and they will announce their squad for the Six Nations in early 2012.

The Franklin’s Gardens crowd ceased to cheer for large parts of the game but when they did there was certainly good reason to do so as a high quality Northampton performance in the first half consisted of three beautifully crafted tries that put the Saints in a 22-3 lead half time.

Saracens' fly-half Charlie Hodgson talking to the RFU podcast's Simon Ward ahead of the Big Game 4 on December 27th at Twickenham - Aviva Premiership leaders Harlequins taking on champions Saracens. You can also check out our preview of the Big Game 4 which includes an interview with Mike Brown and George Robson of Harlequins by clicking here.

In 1861, a student at a west London military academy named Edwin Ash decided to gather his friends together for a regular game of football on Richmond Green. Since these modest beginnings, Ash’s club, Richmond FC, has continued to break new ground and to achieve great things both on and off the field. And on 12^th November 2011, over 350 members and friends as well as players past and present, gathered at 8 Northumberland Avenue for a gala dinner, one of two highlights of a year of celebrations marking Richmond’s 150^th Anniversary, the second being the fantastic game against The Barbarian FC played on 12^th April 2011 and preceded by a pre match supper for 600.