Champions Cup
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Champions Cup news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoToulouse 21-9 Bordeaux: Toulouse on cruise control to Twickenham
Bordeaux-Begles failed to score a try in the quarter-final but edged past Racing 92, but that didn't stand up this time...
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/ 5 years agoMaxime Medard’s 11-year wait over at last at Toulouse
The Toulouse full-back reacts to the four-time champions reaching the Champions Cup final
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/ 5 years agoPreview: Bok flyer Rhule has found his second wind in French Alps
Daniel Gallan preview Sunday's clash between La Rochelle and Leinster with a place in the final awaiting the victor
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoController Ross Byrne takes reins for 100th Leinster cap
Ross Byrne starts at fly-half for Leinster as Johnny Sexton and Harry Byrne miss out through injury in the Champions Cup...
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/ 5 years agoJohnny Sexton ruled out of Leinster’s Champions Cup semi final
Ross Byrne is likely to play at No.10 for Leinster against La Rochelle this weekend in the Champions Cup semi-final
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoLa Rochelle 45-21 Sale: Sharks are handed a painful French lesson
Victor Vito and Raymond Rhule show their genius to put Sale under the pump
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/ 5 years agoExeter 22-34 Leinster: Chiefs falter after fast start against brilliant Irish
Leinster come from 14-0 down to keep their double hopes alive at Sandy Park
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBaxter: We went off script and paid
EXETER DoR Rob Baxter said: “We just went off script at times and each time it hurt us. We are disappointed....
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/ 5 years agoWasps 25-27 Clermont: Agony as Odogwu’s boots cost Wasps
A close call for the TMO as Odogwu's boot was deemed to be in touch in tight encounter against Clermont
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/ 5 years agoBlackett: Gutting to lose like that
The Wasps head coach reacts to their Champions Cup exit after a narrow defeat at the hands of Clermont Auvergne
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/ 5 years agoPreview: Golden ticket buys Beaumont’s band of brothers a shot in last chance saloon
Josh Beaumont looks ahead to Sale's first European Cup quarter-final since 2006, as Sharks travel to Parc y Scarlets
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/ 5 years agoExeter 47-25 Lyon: Battling Chiefs show champion pedigree
Chiefs come from 17-5 down to advance to the Champions Cup quarter-finals with victory at Sandy Park
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoGreat to be back with pals says Jonny Hill
Exeter Chiefs lock Hill scores two tries on his return from England Six Nations duty
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPreview: Cockerill gambles on Blair at No.10
Edinburgh head coach defends the risky selection choice to play Blair Kinghorn not at full-back or on the wing, but at...
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/ 5 years agoGloucester 16-27 La Rochelle: Gloucester courage not enough this time
Levani Botia was the star of the show at Kingsholm, as La Rochelle progress
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWe came to target Barton, admits La Rochelle’s O’Gara
La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara says the French club came to Kingsholm with the gameplan set up to disrupt George...
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/ 5 years agoMunster 33-40 Toulouse: Matthis Lebel try kills Munster momentum
Munster put up a fight at Thomond Park but lose out in the battle of Europe's two giants waiting on their...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPreview: Wales ace Sheedy leads Bristol Bears into dog fight
Callum Sheedy and Matthieu Jalibert to go head-to-head at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Sunday afternoon
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/ 5 years agoFinn Russell receives three-week ban for red card against France
Scotland fly-half Russell was shown a red card by Wayne Barnes for catching France No.15 Brice Dulin high with an elbow
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoJoe Simmonds says Exeter Chiefs won’t freeze on the big stage
Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds says the reigning champions will draw on their experiences against Toulouse and Racing 92 ahead of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoRound of 16 stages drawn for Champions Cup and Challenge Cup
The Round of 16 draw for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup knockout stages has taken place in Lausanne, Switzerland
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Easter Monday slot for European Cup games
Jon Newcombe reveals how the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup will be crammed in to the remainder of the season's schedule
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/ 5 years agoExclusive: How the Champions Cup will be drawn
Jon Newcombe reveals how the Last 16 of the Champions Cup will be drawn after an impasse between Premiership and Top...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRob Baxter voted Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year 2020
The Exeter Chiefs director of rugby is the recipient of the Pat Marshall award after a Premiership and Champions Cup winning...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoSimon Halliday says French govt’s decision to block European Cup competition was ‘unnecessary’
The EPCR chairman says protocols could not have been more safer for players
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoFrench call two-week halt to the European Cups
Covid-19 spike in Europe is set to obstruct the upcoming rounds of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competition
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoCastres 17-26 Newcastle: Falcons respond in style but miss bonus
Tries from Sam Stuart, Tom Arscott and Josh Basham hand Newcastle victory in southern France
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/ 5 years agoLeinster 35-19 Northampton: 13th-straight loss for Saints but signs of hope in defeat
Leinster captain Garry Ringrose credits Saints with their performance at the RDS
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/ 5 years agoWasps 33-14 Montpellier: Alfie Barbeary puts the sting back into Wasps
Wasps flanker Barbeary outshines Louis Picamoles in convincing victory for the Premiership club over Montpellier
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/ 5 years agoSale 15-16 Edinburgh: Drama as Paul Deacon sees Sale lose plot
Sale Sharks throw away first-half lead to fall to Richard Cockerill's Edinburgh
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/ 5 years agoBears ace Harry Randall aims to show Eddie he’s the man for all seasons in Galway
Neale Harvey previews Bristol's Champions Cup trip to Connacht with England hopeful Harry Randall
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/ 5 years agoUBB 47-8 Dragons: Matthieu Jalibert puts the boot into illness-hit Dragons
Les Bleus star Jalibert dampens Dragons' woes, as Dean Ryan contends with 16 unavailable players against the mite of Bordeaux-Begles
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoGloucester 38-34 Ulster: George Barton grabs the glory as Gloucester leave it so late
20-year-old George Barton scores match-winning try in the 84th minute, triggering scenes of jubilation at Kingsholm
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPaul Gustard demands cool heads or see Champions Cup hopes fade
Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard urges his side to keep strict discipline as Racing 92 await in the Champions Cup
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/ 5 years agoKay: Tough ask but Quins can do it
BT Sport pundit Ben Kay previews Harlequins clash with Racing 92, and says the Premiership club have the toughest schedule in...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoClermont 31-39 Munster: Fightback supreme breaches the French fortress
Munster produce dramatic comeback over Clermont Auvergne, overturning 26-8 deficit and inspired by CJ Stander
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoJJ Hanrahan was our star says Van Graan
Munster head coach Johann van Graan's reaction to a memorable comeback against Clermont Auvergne
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/ 5 years agoIsichei’s tragic death must bring real change
THIS week the family of Allan Isichei, the muchloved and highly respected former Wasps first-team prop during the 1970s and 1980s,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoHenry helps Tigers beat three yellows
By MIKE SINCLAIR Success! Tigers celebrate their victory PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS BAYONNE: Germain 7 (Fajardo 71); Baget 6 (Lestrade 51,...
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/ 5 years agoNorth try completes Ospreys’ fightback
By ROGER PANTING Dangerman: George North offloads out of Billy Searle’s tackle PICTURE: Getty Images WORCESTER’S European hopes hang by a...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBrive 16-18 Zebre: Carlo Canna’s late strike secures victory for Zebre
Zebre stun Brive on French soil after late drama set up Carlo Canna to clinch victory off the kicking tee
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/ 5 years agoBath’s trip to La Rochelle cancelled due to Covid-19
12 players at Bath forced to self-isolate following match against Scarlets, who had one positive test confirmed on Thursday
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs trio aim to build ironclad case for Eddie
Scrum-half Jack Maunder says he and the omitted Simmonds brothers will continue to bash on the door of England head coach...
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/ 5 years agoWe’ll fix things for next week says Bristol Bears boss Lam
Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam reacts to his team's 51-38 defeat to Clermont Auvergne in the Champions Cup
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoSpencer rues try that got away as Bath fall
■By GARY FITZGERALD STUART Hooper told his players “You got what you deserved” and refused to blame officials as Bath were...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoToulon’s Louis Carbonel in control but Sale Sharks show fight
Mike Sinclair reports on Toulon edging Sale Sharks in their first match since Steve Diamond left the Premiership club
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/ 5 years agoTable-topping Exeter Chiefs set sights on famous ‘double double’
Exeter Chiefs captain Jack Yeandle previews the visit of Glasgow Warriors to Sandy Park
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/ 5 years agoDanny Care calls for same underdog spirit that put Harlequins on the trophy trail in 2011
Ahead of their trip to Thomond Park, Quins scrum-half Care recalls the spirit of 2011 and their famous win over Munster
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoEvans: Big hearts won the day for us
STEFF Evans hailed the heart and desire that helped Scarlets defy a desperate late Bath onslaught for his side’s memorable win...
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/ 5 years agoUnforced errors cost us – Paul Deacon
Sale head coach had a message for Steve Diamond after watching Sharks lose to Toulon
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
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