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Posted 877 days ago
The Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 3 Round 6 game between Bourgoin and Newcastle Falcons at Stade Pierre Rajon has been postponed for a second time.
The game was initially due to be played on Saturday, 22 January, but was postponed because of a partially frozen pitch.
The game was rescheduled for today (Sunday, 23 January) at 14h00. However, following a pitch inspection…
Posted 879 days ago
It is a weekend of reckoning in the Amlin Challenge Cup as the sides battle for the five places which are up for grabs in the quarter-finals, Unlike in the Heineken Cup they are no second changes in the Amlin – if you don’t win your group you don’t go through.
So team line-ups will be vital this weekend? Has everyone…
Posted 880 days ago
The semi-final draws for both the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup will be conducted after the completion of the Round 6 matches of the tournaments on Sunday, 23 January. The draws will be televised live on Sky Sports following the London Wasps v Toulouse game at Adams Park (approx 5pm). The draws will also be streamed live on ercrugby.com
Posted 885 days ago
Harlequins will need a point from next week’s home clash with Bayonne after hammering I Cavalieri Estra on Ugo Monye’s 150th appearance for the club. Exeter and Gloucester stayed in the hunt for a place in the quarter-finals. Click here for every result.
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POOL 1
I Cavalieri Estra 16 Harlequins 48
HT: 6-20 Attendance: 3,700
I Cavalieri Estra: Try…
Posted 890 days ago
Exeter Chiefs will be banking on some inside knowledge when they bid to keep their Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final qualification hopes burning brightly in their Round 5 clash with Bourgoin at Sandy Park on Saturday night.
French-born utility back Nic Sestaret is the player who can give the tournament newcomers the low down on their visitors – and not just the…
Posted 890 days ago
Montpellier remain on course for Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final qualification as Pool 3 winners – and victory at Newcastle Falcons on Friday night would take them a giant step closer to a place in the last eight in April.
“We aimed at qualification from the start of the season and at present we are still within reach of that goal,” said…
Posted 894 days ago
David Attwood, the Gloucester Rugby player appeared before an independent Disciplinary Hearing in Dublin on Thursday, 6 January s a result of the citing complaint arising from the Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 5 match against La Rochelle at Kingsholm on Sunday, 19 December, and was banned.
The citing complaint made by the Citing Commissioner for the match, Tom McCormack (Ireland), was…
Posted 909 days ago
With the Six Nations just around the corner January is an intriguing month with some cracking fixtures in Europe and on the domestic scene. So if you want to know who’s playing where and when click here to read Rugby World’s indespensable guide to the month ahead. It also includes the television stations covering the various matches.
Saturday 29 January
International Fixture:…
