Today's rugby news as Ben Youngs faces emotional moment after family tragedy and Leinster stunned

These are rugby headlines on Saturday, June 11.

Ben Youngs will join an emotional round of applause for his late sister-in-law as he starts for Leicester against Northampton in today's Gallagher Premiership play-off semi-final at Welford Road.

Youngs lines up at scrum-half against Dan Biggar's Saints just days after Tiffany Youngs, wife of Leicester, England and Lions player Tom, died after a long battle with cancer. You can read more about that sad story here.

Ahead of the match, Biggar paid tribute to Tiffany, offering condolences to the Youngs family and everyone at Leicester. He said: “A game of rugby pales into insignificance beside what that family is going through and I imagine there’s going to be a huge amount of emotion at Welford Road."

The Bulls have advanced to the URC grand final after a thrilling 27-26 win over Leinster at the RDS on Friday night.

Jake White's side pulled off a shock victory in Dublin to set up a final clash against either Ulster or the Stormers, who face off against each other tomorrow afternoon.

The defeat compounds Leinster's disappointment of losing the European Champions Cup final to La Rochelle just a fortnight ago. But they only had themselves to blame, with the error count totting up and the Bulls making them pay in stunning fashion.

"It's an unbelievable win from the guys," Zak Burger said after the match on Premier Sports. "Today was all about playing for each other and showing that attitude. We know Leinster are a world-class team, I thought in the Heineken Cup they were maybe a bit unlucky. Today they brought to the game to us, but what a game of rugby, obviously we are very happy with the win."

"We spoke about it in the week - no-one really gave us a chance to come here to