With the 2019 edition of the Premiership 7s set to kick off this Friday at Northampton's Franklin's Gardens, only days remain before we catch a first glimpse at the next stars of professional rugby. 

For the past eight years, the Premiership 7s has served as a wonderful building block to young players' careers in England. 

Leicester Tigers have been put up for sale as the club seeks fresh investment to recover its status at the top of the English and European rugby.

Harlequins have given Dave Ward a one-game ban for stamping but cleared the hooker of spitting at an opponent, the London club announced on Sunday.

In an intriguing Premiership 7s that produced a pile of overtime and last-second games, Saracens broke Wasps’ streak and took the tournament with an emphatic 33-12 defeat of the two-time winners.

Perhaps the most dramatic game of Day One of the Premiership 7s came courtesy of two players who spent some time speaking with FloRugby; regardless, it was an entertaining Friday afternoon at Franklin's Gardens.

The best players on day one of the 2018 Premiership 7s all of have one thing in common: Premiership 7s experience.

Last year we saw Marcus Smith light up the competition and earn the starting job for the Harlequins first team. Is there a first-team starter hidden in Group D?

Exeter had the best regular season record in the Premiership this season and made it all the way to the final. Exeter lost to the Saracens but look to bring home the trophy in the Premiership 7s.

The Saracens won the Premiership in May, but sevens is a whole different game. The Saracens will have to get past the 2017 Premiership 7s finalist Newcastle Falcons in Group B, but if they do, they could lay claim to both major league trophies at the same time.