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
/ 6 years agoChiefs going full-throttle for the knockouts
By NEALE HARVEY Sandy Park favourite: Ben Moon PICTURE: Getty Images Passed fit: Stuart Hogg SELF-CONFESSED “old bugger” Ben Moon is...
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/ 6 years agoCook eyes French finishing school
Up for the challenge: Bath scrum-half Chris Cook OUTER-EDGE finishing is high on Bath’s agenda as they attempt to breathe life...
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/ 6 years agoIf black wall topples on Foster, Warren is waiting
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IAN Foster, New Zealand’s newly appointed head coach, cannot break-dance like his Crusaders...
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/ 6 years agoSaints lads have hope despite hammering
By RONAN O’BRIEN Touchdown: Dan Biggar scores for Northampton Head over heels: Leinster’s James Lowe goes down to score PICTURES: Getty...
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/ 6 years agoYoungsters battled with real intensity says satisfied Solomons
In with a chance: Chris Boyd NORTHAMPTON Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd insisted his side can still reach the knock-out...
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/ 6 years agoCLOSE-UP
CAELAN DORIS Leinster blindside V LEWIS LUDLAM Northampton blindside Ludlam was the pick of the Saints’ pack and a couple of...
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/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Saracens bring in the big guns for Munster rematch
Billy Vunipola and Owen Farrell among international crop recalled by Mark McCall
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/ 6 years agoCooney gives Quins late kick in the teeth
■By GARY FITZGERALD Diving in: Flanker Sean Reidy goes over for Ulster PICTURES: Getty Images Cool head: John Cooney kicked Ulster...
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/ 6 years agoKirsten out to bully his Bok mates
SOUTH African bruiser Jannes Kirsten says Exeter are hell-bent on putting one foot into the Champions Cup quarter-finals by making it...
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/ 6 years agoRobbo: It’s hard to lose like that
JOHN Cooney feels his side’s nail-biting victory proves the Ulster men have the stomach for a real European dogfight this season....
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/ 6 years agoThree-try blitz blows Bath out of Europe
■By NEALE HARVEY Hot prospect: Samuel Ezeala breaks through to score Clermont’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images Slicing through: Rhys Priestland...
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/ 6 years agoEzeala is next big thing for France
FORMER Rec favourite Nick Abendanon haunted Bath on his 50th Heineken Cup appearance. He said: “Bath played well in the first...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s much ado about nothing at Thomond
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Arm wrestle: Saracens lock Will Skelton is tackled by Tadhg Beirne and Billy Holland PICTURES: Getty Images No...
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/ 6 years agoMcCall: Bonus point is important
SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall hopes the losing bonus point will be significant. “I’m frustrated but proud of certain things,...
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/ 6 years agoOspreys pay for Evans early red
■By ALEX BYWATER Early hope: Ospreys wing Hanno Dirksen celebrates after scoring the first try Gone: Dan Evans is sent off...
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/ 6 years agoBack-to-back wins can keep us in the hunt says Harris
■By NEALE HARVEY BUSTLING centre Chris Harris says moving to Gloucester has provided the perfect pick-me-up after his World Cup heartache...
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/ 6 years agoKolbe makes his return
POOL 5 PREVIEW… Toulouse v Montepellier Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Ernest Wallon WORLD Cup hero Cheslin Kolbe makes his return to...
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/ 6 years agoPRL secrecy is an insult to all club rugby fans
NICK CAIN IS Premiership Rugby fit for purpose? Is the governing body of the multi-million pound club game in England understaffed,...
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/ 6 years agoThis snub to Lions does game disservice
PRL’s decision this week to deny the 2021 Lions a crucial extra week of preparation for their tour of South Africa...
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/ 6 years agoLyon finally break their Champions Cup duck
LYON cruised to their first ever win in the Heineken Champions Cup at Matmut Stadium de Gerland after eight successive defeats...
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/ 6 years agoFeel the gap – Saints are hit by 7-try pummeling
■From NICK CAIN at Franklin’s Gardens Rout: Ed Byrne dives over for the final Leinster try PICTURE: Getty Images NORTHAMPTON may...
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/ 6 years agoStorming comeback keep the Warriors’ hopes alive
■By GARY HEATLY On target: Adam Hastings GLASGOW Warriors battled back from 18-6 down just before half-time to defeat La Rochelle...
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/ 6 years agoSexton waits on knee scan
JOHNNY Sexton is on the injury-list again after sustaining a ligament injury to his right knee. Leinster rugby director Leo Cullen...
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/ 6 years agoCurry orders Sharks to put on a killer show
■By JON NEWOMBE Disciplined: Ben Curry has given away just three penalties in ten games for Sale PICTURE: Getty Images BEN...
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/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Leinster take counter-measures to combat Naiyaravoro
Full team news for this weekend's Champions Cup action
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/ 6 years agoAllen Clarke leaves Ospreys after ‘dark period’ in season
The Ospreys head coach leaves the region following a difficult start to the season
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/ 6 years agoBrilliant Basham sparks Ryan’s ice-age Dragons
By JAMES CANDY TAINE Basham warmed up for what could be a Test debut with another standout display as the Dragons...
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/ 6 years ago89th minute kick hands Scarlets second defeat
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dead-eye: Anthony Belleau kicks the winning points THE Scarlets were left heartbroken as Toulon snatched victory deep into...
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/ 6 years agoJohnson turns on the power for Wasps
By ROB WILDMAN Debut try: Malakai Fekitoa breaks clear to score PICTURES: Getty Images Valued: Jacob Umaga Skill: Matteo Minozzi WASPS...
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/ 6 years agoJoe blow gives Dai Exeter problem
WASPS boss Dai Young fears Joe Launchbury will miss Saturday’s Premiership match at Exeter due to a calf injury. The England...
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/ 6 years agoCockerill denied byJalibert’s 78th minute penalty saver for Bordeaux
By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGH Rugby head coach Richard Cockerill was frustrated that his side switched off in the closing stages to...
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/ 6 years agoWorld Cup stars have energised squad says Ross
By JON NEWCOMBE Japan hero: England flanker Tom Curry returns for Sale Sharks Captain: Jono Ross CLUB captain Jono Ross hopes...
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/ 6 years agoSavage Bears serve Brive a tasty bagle
By GARY FITZGERALD Flair: Try-scorer Harry Randall threatens Brive again PAT Lam acclaimed his Bears romp in France as “a big...
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/ 6 years agoQuins win ugly to keep their Euro dream alive
By GARY FITZGERALD Star turn: Marcus Smith breaks the tackle of Christian Judge PICTURE: Getty Images PAUL Gustard praised the effort...
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/ 6 years agoThacker proud of defence progress
HARRY Thacker challenged his rampant Bears team-mates to keep on rolling out the wins and impressive displays after giving Brive a...
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/ 6 years agoSkilful Burns pulls the strings to tie up win over Clermont
By RONAN O’NEILL Accomplished: Billy Burns ULSTER head coach Dan McFarland was thrilled with his on-field generals after a crucial victory...
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/ 6 years agoWalker’s try in vain as Pumas ace puts boot in
ROUND-UP STADE FRANCAIS edged out Zebre 12-13 at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi with the boot of Argentine fly-half Nicolas Sanchez ultimately proving...
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/ 6 years agoHooper: We just couldn’t threaten
STUART Hooper was left bemoaning his side’s failure to put scoreboard pressure on their rivals as Bath’s European campaign hit the...
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/ 6 years agoHardwick on target to frustrate the Blues
By JAMES CANDY In front: Jordan Coghlan goes over to score for Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images A LAST gasp Tom Hardwick...
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/ 6 years agoHanrahan drop-goal goes wide so it’s a tie
By RONAN O’BRIEN MUNSTER full-back Mike Haley insisted they were thrilled to secure a draw even though his side should have...
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/ 6 years agoHarmony? Eddie has put boys under a bus
CHRIS HEWETT England’s coaching staff do not always sing from the same hymn sheet. Sometimes, they struggle to preach the same...
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/ 6 years agoBoot-boy Ramos gets Toulouse over the line
By STEFFAN THOMAS ANDYFRIEND praised the resilience of his Connacht side despite falling to defeat to Toulouse at the Stade Ernest-Wallon....
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/ 6 years agoJust magic if Kerevi had not been joking
SAMU Kerevi, the most effective Wallaby in a largely ineffective Australian side at the World Cup, now says he was “having...
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/ 6 years agoNormal service as Daly inspires Saracens to scale Euro heights
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER It’s a cracker: Rotimi Segun dives over to score Saracens second try PICTURES: Getty Images AFTER an eerily...
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/ 6 years agoNerveless Dan gives Saints late salvation
By ALEX BYWATER First blood: Tom Collins goes over for Saints DAN Biggar showed nerves of steel to keep Northampton unbeaten...
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/ 6 years agoI hope we made Nigel Wray proud says Jamie
ENGLAND hooker Jamie George, returning to action after the World Cup, said he hopes Saracens win over Ospreys made under-fire owner...
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/ 6 years agoLawes back to take on Tigers?
Match-winner: Saints fly-half Dan Biggar on the attack PICTURES: Getty Images CHRIS Boyd set his sights on the Premiership meeting with...
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/ 6 years agoAckermann rings the changes for Montpellier test
By NEALE HARVEY New lease: Joe Simpson is feeling rejuvenated at Kingsholm SCRUM-HALFJoe Simpson insists Gloucester are faced with no other...
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/ 6 years agoSupreme Sexton helps Leinster nullify mighty giants of Lyon pack
By TOM PRITCHARD A RESILIENT defensive performance against a giant French opposition and a man-of-the-match display from Johnny Sexton saw Leinster...
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/ 6 years agoWarriors fall to Castres power at breakdown
By TIM LEWIS Held: No way through for Geoffrey Palis of Castres WORCESTER came up short in France as they were...
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