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Posted 364 days ago
Quins set out to Cardiff one victory from silverware and a place in next season’s Heineken Cup. Conor O’Shea is able to field the same starting XV which beat Munster in Limerick with the only change being on the bench where Peter Browne comes on to the bench for the unfortunate Tomas Vallejos who broke his thumb in Thomond Park.
The front…
Posted 374 days ago
Romain Poite will referee his first Heineken Cup final when he takes charge of the season’s showpiece European club rugby match between Leinster and Northampton Saints at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 21 May (5.00pm).
The 35-year-old French official was on duty during both knock-out stage weekends last month, controlling the Heineken Cup quarter-final between Northampton Saints and Ulster Rugby and…
Posted 378 days ago
An ERC statement confirmed: “Nick Easter, the Harlequins player (No 8), received a red card during the Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final against Munster at Thomond Park, Limerick, on Saturday, 30 April, 2011, as a result of receiving two yellow cards.
“An independent Judicial Officer, Roger Morris (Wales), considered the matter and has determined that the sending-off was a sufficient sanction. Easter…
Posted 381 days ago
ERC has received a Citing Complaint following the 2010/11 Amlin Challenge Cup semi-finals.
The Citing Complaint is against RODRIGO RONCERO (No 1) – Stade Francais Paris (v ASM Clermont Auvergne, on Friday, 29 April, 2011)
The complaint was made by Citing Commisioner, Alan Mansell (England). Roncero is alleged to have carried out a late body check with his shoulder…
Posted 383 days ago
Harlequins will face Stade Francais Paris at the Cardiff City Stadium on Friday, 20 May in the final of the Amlin Challenge Cup after becoming only the third team in European history to beat Munster at home.
Following in the footsteps of Cardiff in 1997 and Leicester Tigers in 2007, both in the Heineken Cup, Harlequins marched into their third Amlin…
Posted 385 days ago
Harlequins Director of Rugby Conor O’Shea believes his team’s Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final against Munster at Thomond Park is the “ultimate” test in European rugby.
Harlequins, who won the tournament in 2001 and 2004 and are bidding to become the first club to win the title three times, won the all-English quarter-final against London Wasps 32-22 to earn a trip to…
Posted 391 days ago
Saracens face Gloucester at Vicarage Road on Sunday, kick off 1.30pm, knowing a win would secure a home semi-final in the Aviva Premiership.
But they face a Gloucester side whose win over Northampton Saints earlier in the week leaves them just five points behind Saracens and still with their own hopes of securing a home play-off match – setting up what…
Posted 404 days ago
HARLEQUINS became the second side, and the only English team, in the semi-finals of this year’s Amlin Challenge Cup with their 32-22 victory over London Wasps at the Stoop, writes Rugby World editor Paul Morgan.
The win in this cracking match keeps Harlequins’ season alive although they will have to improve hugely if they are to win in Munster or Brive…
Posted 406 days ago
London Wasps have made four changes to their starting team to face Harlequins in tomorrow night’s Amlin Challenge Cup Quarter-Final. There are two changes in the backs and two in the pack.
Richard Haughton returns on the wing, having recovered from injury. Centre Ben Jacobs is also back from injury and he fills the outside centre berth in the place of Dominic…
Posted 409 days ago
Joe Marler of Harlequins and Marcos Ayerza of Leicester both banned for two weeks after their fight in the Harlequins v Leicester match on Saturday. Both can play again on 19 April so that means they miss this weekend’s big European matches.
They got the same ban following their dismissals for striking with the fist (Marler) and head (Ayerza) respectively during the…
