SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall said: “In many ways it is the end of an era, but we showed all the qualities and characteristics […]

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Power: Sam Simmonds scores Exeter’s second try EXETER Chiefs, anonymous fourth tier trundlers back in 1995 when the Heineken Cup was launched, […]

NOTHING could hide Rob Baxter’s joy last night but “we ain’t won nothing yet” was the message he drummed home in the dressing room after […]

By NEALE HARVEY Taking nothing for granted: Jack Yeandle PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER hooker Jack Yeandle believes his side are ready to achieve their destiny […]

New face: Manny Iyogun ROOKIE Northampton prop Manny Iyogun has the ability to seize the day at Exeter and write his name into Saints folklore, […]

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK lished Celtic sides, the participation of those sides in the European Cup could be devalued because the […]

IT was a near certainty that the English Championship Proposal was not going to get unanimous approval, and two of the core tenets of the […]

OUR sport is no stranger to hypocrisy, and this was illustrated clearly in the build-up to the European Cup quarter-final between Leinster and Saracens, with […]

By ROGER PANTING Pile up: Gloucester celebrate as referee Frank Murphy awards their fourth try scored by Todd Gleave PICTURES: Getty Images A STRONG second […]

AFTER similar poor performances in the first half of their last two home league games against Worcester and Bath, Gloucester’s director of rugby Johan Ackermann […]

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ”Galthie has put his reputation on the line to bring an end to a decade of mediocrity” […]

By ROGER PANTING Going in: Alex Dombrandt breaks away to score for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown: Jackson Willison dives over for Bath BATH’S European […]

HARLEQUINS prop Joe Marler celebrated his 200th appearance for the club by earning praise from director of rugby Paul Gustard. Gustard said: “He’s getting uglier, […]

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER ULSTER, not making the best of a dominant first half, felt the full force of Clermont after the break and left the […]

ULSTER head coach Dan McFarland defended his side’s decisions to kick for the corner in the first half rather than go for goal to build […]

By ALEX BYWATER Early hope: Dan Evans scores Ospreys’ first try Comeback: Alex Lewington, left, celebrates with Manu Vunipola after scoring for Saracens PICTURES: Getty […]

Soft points: Carl Hogg CARL Hogg said the Ospreys let victory slip from their grasp as their horror season continued. The men from the Liberty […]

By ADAM ELLIS Doubt: JJ Hanrahan Chance: Ben Healy MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan has urged his side to move on from last week’s […]

By JOHN FALLON Grounded: Toulouse’s Pita Ahki scores with the help of Antoine Dupont PICTURE: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy TOULOUSE captain Jerome Kaino said they will go […]

Up for the challenge: Bath scrum-half Chris Cook OUTER-EDGE finishing is high on Bath’s agenda as they attempt to breathe life into a moribund European […]

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IAN Foster, New Zealand’s newly appointed head coach, cannot break-dance like his Crusaders rival Scott Robertson, but […]