The Senior England Elite Player Squad will be holding their third annual summer open training day for fans on Wednesday August 11 at Twickenham Stadium.

The RPA Benevolent Fund, the Players' Charity is delighted to have received a donation of £25,000 from Lawrence Dallaglio's charity bike ride, the Dallaglio Cycle Slam.

The RPA is deeply saddened at the news of Andy Ripley's passing earlier today.

The RPA announced tonight that Saracens hooker, Schalk Brits has won the prestigious Computacenter Players' Player Award 2010.

South African Brits was presented with his award at the 12th annual RPA Computacenter Rugby Players' Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Team England Rugby (TER) LLP, the negotiating body for the England Elite Player Squad, have continued negotiations over player payments for the summer tour to Australia and New Zealand but have failed to find a resolution.

The six nominees for the Sunday Times Try of the Year 2010 have been announced today by the Rugby Players' Association.

Northampton Saints dominate the nominations shortlist for the 2010 RPA Awards, with five of the ten nominees based at Franklin's Gardens. Saracens' Schalk Brits and London Irish's Steffon Armitage join Northampton players Phil Dowson, Ben Foden and Soane Tonga'Uiha in the list of nominees for the Computacenter Players' Player of the Year 2010, whilst Leicester Tigers duo Dan Cole and Ben Youngs, Wasps' Dominic Waldouck and Northampton's Chris Ashton and Courtney Lawes are the nominees for the Norman Broadbent Young Player of the Year Award.

The Rugby Players' Association (RPA) is delighted to welcome LV= Asset Management, the fund management arm of mutual insurance and investment group LV=, as sponsor of the RPA Special Merit Award 2010.

Players from London Irish are currently taking their RFU Level 2 Coaching course.