Champions Cup

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Bath

Bordeaux

Bulls

Castres

Clermont

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Gloucester

Harlequins

La Rochelle

Leinster

Lyon

Montpellier

Northampton

Ospreys

Racing 92

Sale

Saracens

Sharks

Ulster

Bordeaux can be Woki champs

5 December 2021 0 comments

PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE COVID IMPACT ON THIS SEASON’S EUROPEAN CUP Tigers roar in 2002: Leicester will be hoping to revive the old glory days […]

DAZN in talks to buy out BT Sport

26 September 2021 0 comments

BT are in advanced talks with global sports subscription video streaming service DAZN about selling their sports broadcasting arm BT Sport. DAZN are keen to […]

Tell us European Cup dates, clubs urge EPCR

5 September 2021 0 comments

EUROPEAN Challenge Cup organisers are coming under pressure from clubs to announce the format of this season’s competition which remains under discussion weeks before the […]

EPCR draw the pools for the 2021-22 Champions Cup

21 July 2021 0 comments

A 24-team Champions Cup draw has been held, find out where Exeter, Harlequins, Sale, Bristol, Northampton, Leicester, Bath and Wasps will be travelling to

Exeter Chiefs wing Tom O'Flaherty has been named in the Champions Cup team of the season

Revealed: Champions Cup Team of the Season 2020-21

27 May 2021 0 comments

Tom O’Flaherty is recognised for his performances in Europe for the second-straight season

Bok Watch: La Rochelle offer Lions blueprint to stop Cheslin Kolbe

23 May 2021 0 comments

Daniel Gallan kept a close eye on the Saffas who featured at Twickenham over the European Cup final weekend

Toulouse 22-17 La Rochelle: Heavyweight collision lacks real sparkle but Toulouse won’t care

23 May 2021 0 comments

All the action from Twickenham as Toulouse lifted a fifth Champions Cup trophy to become the undisputed kings of Europe

O’Gara dismay over the ‘clear’ penalty call that never came

23 May 2021 2 comments

Rather than the red card to Levani Botia, O’Gara was incensed by Luke Pearce’s decision not to award La Rochelle a penalty late on

Brock James backs La Rochelle to upset Toulouse in Champions Cup finale

16 May 2021 0 comments

The famed Top 14 import backs old club La Rochelle to stop Toulouse’s run at a fifth Champions Cup triumph in its tracks at Twickenham

Devoto: Leinster defeat has made us even hungrier

16 May 2021 0 comments

Ollie Devoto still wants to play for England after being involved off the bench twice during Eddie Jones’ tenure

La Rochelle put block on Ronan O’Gara

2 May 2021 0 comments

The head coach was not put forward for UK and Irish media ahead of La Rochelle’s clash against Leinster this weekend

WRU chief Steve Phillips battles for guarantees over regions in Champions Cup

2 May 2021 1 comment

Could the South African teams in the Rainbow Cup usurp the place of a Welsh region in the premier European cup competition?

Toulouse 21-9 Bordeaux: Toulouse on cruise control to Twickenham

2 May 2021 0 comments

Bordeaux-Begles failed to score a try in the quarter-final but edged past Racing 92, but that didn’t stand up this time against Toulouse

Maxime Medard’s 11-year wait over at last at Toulouse

2 May 2021 0 comments

The Toulouse full-back reacts to the four-time champions reaching the Champions Cup final

Preview: Bok flyer Rhule has found his second wind in French Alps

2 May 2021 0 comments

Daniel Gallan preview Sunday’s clash between La Rochelle and Leinster with a place in the final awaiting the victor

Controller Ross Byrne takes reins for 100th Leinster cap

2 May 2021 3 comments

Ross Byrne starts at fly-half for Leinster as Johnny Sexton and Harry Byrne miss out through injury in the Champions Cup semi-final

Johnny Sexton ruled out of Leinster’s Champions Cup semi final

27 April 2021 0 comments

Ross Byrne is likely to play at No.10 for Leinster against La Rochelle this weekend in the Champions Cup semi-final

Baxter: We went off script and paid

11 April 2021 0 comments

EXETER DoR Rob Baxter said: “We just went off script at times and each time it hurt us. We are disappointed. The game slipped away […]

La Rochelle 45-21 Sale: Sharks are handed a painful French lesson

11 April 2021 0 comments

Victor Vito and Raymond Rhule show their genius to put Sale under the pump

Exeter 22-34 Leinster: Chiefs falter after fast start against brilliant Irish

11 April 2021 0 comments

Leinster come from 14-0 down to keep their double hopes alive at Sandy Park

Preview: Cockerill gambles on Blair at No.10

4 April 2021 1 comment

Edinburgh head coach defends the risky selection choice to play Blair Kinghorn not at full-back or on the wing, but at fly-half

Gloucester lost to La Rochelle in the Champions Cup

Gloucester 16-27 La Rochelle: Gloucester courage not enough this time

4 April 2021 1 comment

Levani Botia was the star of the show at Kingsholm, as La Rochelle progress

We came to target Barton, admits La Rochelle’s O’Gara

4 April 2021 1 comment

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O’Gara says the French club came to Kingsholm with the gameplan set up to disrupt George Barton

Munster 33-40 Toulouse: Matthis Lebel try kills Munster momentum

4 April 2021 0 comments

Munster put up a fight at Thomond Park but lose out in the battle of Europe’s two giants waiting on their first Champions Cup final in a decade

Preview: Wales ace Sheedy leads Bristol Bears into dog fight

4 April 2021 2 comments

Callum Sheedy and Matthieu Jalibert to go head-to-head at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Sunday afternoon

Wasps 25-27 Clermont: Agony as Odogwu’s boots cost Wasps

4 April 2021 0 comments

A close call for the TMO as Odogwu’s boot was deemed to be in touch in tight encounter against Clermont

Blackett: Gutting to lose like that

4 April 2021 1 comment

The Wasps head coach reacts to their Champions Cup exit after a narrow defeat at the hands of Clermont Auvergne

Preview: Golden ticket buys Beaumont’s band of brothers a shot in last chance saloon

4 April 2021 1 comment

Josh Beaumont looks ahead to Sale’s first European Cup quarter-final since 2006, as Sharks travel to Parc y Scarlets

Exeter Chiefs beat Lyon in the Champions Cup

Exeter 47-25 Lyon: Battling Chiefs show champion pedigree

4 April 2021 0 comments

Chiefs come from 17-5 down to advance to the Champions Cup quarter-finals with victory at Sandy Park

Great to be back with pals says Jonny Hill

4 April 2021 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs lock Hill scores two tries on his return from England Six Nations duty

Finn Russell receives three-week ban for red card against France

30 March 2021 0 comments

Scotland fly-half Russell was shown a red card by Wayne Barnes for catching France No.15 Brice Dulin high with an elbow

Joe Simmonds says Exeter Chiefs won’t freeze on the big stage

28 March 2021 2 comments

Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds says the reigning champions will draw on their experiences against Toulouse and Racing 92 ahead of facing Lyon for the first time

Round of 16 stages drawn for Champions Cup and Challenge Cup

9 March 2021 1 comment

The Round of 16 draw for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup knockout stages has taken place in Lausanne, Switzerland

Exclusive: Easter Monday slot for European Cup games

7 March 2021 0 comments

Jon Newcombe reveals how the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup will be crammed in to the remainder of the season’s schedule

Exclusive: How the Champions Cup will be drawn

21 February 2021 0 comments

Jon Newcombe reveals how the Last 16 of the Champions Cup will be drawn after an impasse between Premiership and Top 14 was resolved

Rob Baxter voted Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year 2020

22 January 2021 0 comments

The Exeter Chiefs director of rugby is the recipient of the Pat Marshall award after a Premiership and Champions Cup winning 2019-20 campaign

Simon Halliday says French govt’s decision to block European Cup competition was ‘unnecessary’

19 January 2021 0 comments

The EPCR chairman says protocols could not have been more safer for players

French call two-week halt to the European Cups

10 January 2021 1 comment

Covid-19 spike in Europe is set to obstruct the upcoming rounds of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competition

Gloucester fly-half George Barton scores the match-winning try against Ulster

Gloucester 38-34 Ulster: George Barton grabs the glory as Gloucester leave it so late

20 December 2020 2 comments

20-year-old George Barton scores match-winning try in the 84th minute, triggering scenes of jubilation at Kingsholm

Paul Gustard demands cool heads or see Champions Cup hopes fade

20 December 2020 0 comments

Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard urges his side to keep strict discipline as Racing 92 await in the Champions Cup

Kay: Tough ask but Quins can do it

20 December 2020 0 comments

BT Sport pundit Ben Kay previews Harlequins clash with Racing 92, and says the Premiership club have the toughest schedule in the Champions Cup pools

Clermont 31-39 Munster: Fightback supreme breaches the French fortress

20 December 2020 1 comment

Munster produce dramatic comeback over Clermont Auvergne, overturning 26-8 deficit and inspired by CJ Stander

JJ Hanrahan was our star says Van Graan

20 December 2020 1 comment

Munster head coach Johann van Graan’s reaction to a memorable comeback against Clermont Auvergne

Isichei’s tragic death must bring real change

20 December 2020 1 comment

THIS week the family of Allan Isichei, the muchloved and highly respected former Wasps first-team prop during the 1970s and 1980s, who was murdered near […]

Henry helps Tigers beat three yellows

20 December 2020 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR Success! Tigers celebrate their victory PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS BAYONNE: Germain 7 (Fajardo 71); Baget 6 (Lestrade 51, 6), Muscarditz 6, Hingano […]

North try completes Ospreys’ fightback

20 December 2020 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Dangerman: George North offloads out of Billy Searle’s tackle PICTURE: Getty Images WORCESTER’S European hopes hang by a thread after Ospreys won […]