All posts tagged "Champions Cup"
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoInjury blow rules out Stuart McCloskey
Stuart McCloskey is set for a spell on the sidelines after sustaining a “significant hamstring injury” in Ulster’s United Rugby Championship...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoWillis: I’m loving my life with Toulouse
By MARK STEVENS WHILE some sides would consider the tag of defending champions as a target on their backs, it appears...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoWillis: I’m loving my life with Toulouse
By MARK STEVENS WHILE some sides would consider the tag of defending champions as a target on their backs, it appears...
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Premiership
/ 12 months agoNick Tompkins hits the 200-mark for Saracens
By Paul Rees Match Preview – Saracens v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium Mark McCall has hailed Nick Tompkins, who...
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Premiership
/ 12 months agoTompkins hits the 200-mark for Saracens
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Saracens v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium MARK McCall has hailed Nick Tompkins, who makes his...
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Premiership
/ 12 months agoTompkins hits the 200-mark for Saracens
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Saracens v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium MARK McCall has hailed Nick Tompkins, who makes his...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoShow Champions Cup a little more respect
YOU could set the clocks by it. Whenever the Walcot Old Boys team bus began one of its regular 45-mile descents...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoShow Champions Cup a little more respect
YOU could set the clocks by it. Whenever the Walcot Old Boys team bus began one of its regular 45-mile descents...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoSteyn looking forward to a sibling showdown
By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Glasgow v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 3pm, Hampden Park Fit again: Kyle Steyn FIT-AGAIN Scotland wing Kyle Steyn...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoKyle Steyn looking forward to a sibling showdown
By Bryn Palmer Match Preview Glasgow v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 3pm, Hampden Park Fit-again Scotland wing Kyle Steyn is relishing the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoSteyn looking forward to a sibling showdown
By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Glasgow v Edinburgh Today. Kick-off 3pm, Hampden Park Fit again: Kyle Steyn FIT-AGAIN Scotland wing Kyle Steyn...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoFerreira leads the way as veterans take to the pitch
VETERAN props never quit, they just keep on scrummaging in ever increasing numbers which explains why Francisco Gomez Kodela fails to...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoSchalk Ferreira leads the way as veterans take to the pitch
Veteran props never quit, they just keep on scrummaging in ever increasing numbers which explains why Francisco Gomez Kodela fails to...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoFerreira leads the way as veterans take to the pitch
VETERAN props never quit, they just keep on scrummaging in ever increasing numbers which explains why Francisco Gomez Kodela fails to...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoAt least the French are going full-bore
NEUTRALS the world over will relish the prospect of Toulouse and La Rochelle invading Cardiff at season’s end for the seventh...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoAt least the French are going full-bore
NEUTRALS the world over will relish the prospect of Toulouse and La Rochelle invading Cardiff at season’s end for the seventh...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoAt least the French are going full-bore in Champions Cup
By Peter Jackson Neutrals the world over will relish the prospect of Toulouse and La Rochelle invading Cardiff at season’s end...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 months agoShoulder injury blow for Griffin
WALES and Bath prop Archie Griffin is set to be out for a “considerable” period after having surgery on a shoulder...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 months agoShoulder injury blow for Griffin
WALES and Bath prop Archie Griffin is set to be out for a “considerable” period after having surgery on a shoulder...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 months agoShoulder injury blow for Griffin
WALES and Bath prop Archie Griffin is set to be out for a “considerable” period after having surgery on a shoulder...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 months agoBath & Bristol still have faith
■By PAUL REES BATH and Bristol headed the Premiership going into this weekend’s round of matches but lost their opening two...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 months agoBath & Bristol still have faith
■By PAUL REES BATH and Bristol headed the Premiership going into this weekend’s round of matches but lost their opening two...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 months agoBath & Bristol still have faith
■By PAUL REES BATH and Bristol headed the Premiership going into this weekend’s round of matches but lost their opening two...
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Premiership
/ 12 months agoGloucester vs Harlequins – Betting Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Christmas is less than a week away, so we are treated to some great rugby matchups...
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Podcast
/ 12 months agoS4, E16: Rugby Paper Podcast 2024 Awards and Champions Cup debate
In our last episode of 2024, the gang is back together in full force. Host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain,...
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International Rugby
/ 12 months agoStart with Tom Roebuck, Ben Curry tells Steve Borthwick
By Ross Heppenstall Steve Borthwick has been urged to make in-form Sale star Tom Roebuck a starting winger in the Six...
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International Rugby
/ 12 months agoScotland will benefit from winning habit – Blair Kinghorn
By Adam Hathaway Blair Kinghorn has been getting into the winning habit with Antoine Dupont and co at Toulouse and reckons...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoMy main priority is to help Bath win a trophy, says Miles Reid
By Jon Newcombe An in-house club quiz hit home to Bath’s players just how long it has been since the club...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoNew-boy Jordie Barrett quick to show his worth for Leinster
By Mark Stevens Leinster had a good inkling of what they were getting when they confirmed the signing of Jordie Barrett...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoRonan O’Gara keeps on driving La Rochelle
Mark Stevens talks to the former Ireland No.10 about his plans in France - and what could happen next In the...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoCraig Casey blow as Munster hit by injury problems
By Jim Short Castres............... 16pts Tries: Papali’i 12, Walcker 29 Penalties: Fernandez 48, le Brun 72 Munster............. 14pts Tries: Hodnett 37,...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoWe had to work hard for that – Jordie Barrett
By John Fallon Leinster.............. 15pts Tries: Ringrose 22, Barrett 26 Conversion: Prendergast 23 Penalty: Prendergast 49 Clermont.............. 7pts Try: Raka 4...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoA bridge too far for us, says John Plumtree
Sharks boss John Plumtree claimed that the demands of the present schedule had created a ‘bridge too far’ for his squad....
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoPowerful Leicester Tigers take Sharks apart with ease
By Rob Wildman Leicester Tigers............. 56pts Tries: Montoya 10, 25; Hassell-Collins 28, Kata 36, Pollard 40, van Poortvliet 43, Clare 72,...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoRoebuck the star as Sale cruise in
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale ................................................................. 29pts Tries: J-L du Preez 19, Roebuck 34, Carpenter 51, Curry 60 Conversions: R du Preez...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoFrench flair is too much for Bristol Bears
By Mark Stevens La Rochelle ................. 35pts Tries: Nowell 17, Latu 28, Botia 51, Seuteni 66, Berjon 79 Conversions: West 18,...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoRob Baxter staying positive ahead of daunting test against Toulouse
Henry Slade returns to steer Exeter from fly-half as one of five changes after being rested for their opening Pool 1...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoSlade: We have to be all in this together
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Exeter Chiefs v Toulouse Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Sandy Park THE importance of playing what’s in front of...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoBattling Bath looking to revive cup campaign
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Benetton v Bath Today. Kick-off 1pm, Stadio di Monigo Ready for action: Vilikesa Sela and, right, Tommaso...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoLeinster have got the best in Barrett
FOR reasons best known to themselves, the Irish rugby cognoscenti are still arguing the toss over the whys and wherefores of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 12 months agoOspreys crash to earth
■ By SIMON THOMAS Montpellier ................ 59pts Tries: Martins 11, DuGuid 15, Uelese 29, Coly 37, Akrab 43, Moustin 52, Cadot...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoMurphy’s plan has some holes
ULSTER’S quartet of under-used Ireland forwards – Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Tom O’Toole and Cameron Izuchukwu – returned from Test duty...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoDarge: We’re all set for Toulon challenge
■By BRYN PALMER Hopeful: Rory Darge in action for Glasgow PICTURES: Getty Images SCOTLAND flanker Rory Darge believes Glasgow’s 2023 Challenge...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoCastres vs Munster – Champions Cup Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Munster, fresh from a resounding victory last week, will travel to France to take on Castres...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoSale Sharks vs Racing 92 – Match Betting Preview
The second week of the Champions Cup begins with an exhilarating Friday night clash at the Salford Community Stadium, where Sale...
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Podcast
/ 12 months agoS4, E15: Jack Kenningham talks Champions Cup, Ilona Maher, England prospects and Harlequins Big Game 16
Join us for this week’s episode of the Rugby Paper Podcast as Harlequins flanker Jack Kenningham joins host Ollie Little and...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoJack Nowell: I’m loving life on and off the pitch at La Rochelle
By Brendan McGilligan As Jack Nowell stepped off the plane to start his La Rochelle career, he was stepping into the...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoI’d rather have the old Champions Cup format – Stuart McCloskey
Ulster centre Stuart McCloskey admits he preferred the Champions Cup’s previous format, with the current structure leaving some teams with an...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoFin Smith and Alex Mitchell get back in the old routine
By Adam Hathaway Northampton Saints...... 38pt Tries: Dingwall 3, Mayanavanua 8, Augustus 43 62; Langdon 49, Pollock 74 Conversions: Smith 4,...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoHenry Pollock wins Phil Dowson’s backing
Northampton boss Phil Dowson has tipped Henry Pollock to thrive in Pretoria against the Bulls in next week’s Champions Cup clash....












