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Posted 391 days ago
They began camping out the day before tickets went on sale at Clermont’s ground for Sunday’s Heineken Cup clash with Leinster, writes Gavin Mortimer.
Such is the fervour for all things rugby in this part of France. That and the growing belief among the Clermont faithful that the club is on course for an historic double – the Top 14 title…
Posted 391 days ago
The semi-finals of both the 2012 Heineken and Amlin Challenge Cups take place this weekend and we’ve compiled 12 interesting stats and facts so you can impress your mates when watching the games…
1,298 The number of Heineken Cup points scored by Munster’s Ronan O’Gara – the only player to break the 1,000-point barrier and more than 400 ahead of the…
Posted 471 days ago
By Claire Glancy
“We were robbed!” “Red card!” “Heartbreaking.”
THOSE ARE just some of the messages that flooded my mobile on Sunday after Ireland’s 23-21 defeat by Wales. The talk all week had been that Ireland were out for revenge. They were going to right the wrongs from their defeat to Wales in the World Cup and get pay back for that…
Posted 494 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
IT WAS hardly a vintage performance by Cardiff Blues in Reading but they head into the final round of the Heineken Cup pool stages with quarter-final qualification in their hands. Level on points with Edinburgh, they just have to match the Scots’ performance next weekend to make the last eight.
As for this match against…
Posted 495 days ago
We are in for a treat this Friday night as two former European champions, Ulster and Leicester, lock horns at Ravenhill. The Heineken Pool 4 clash is a must-win game for both teams, the hosts currently sitting atop their group on 14 points and the Tigers just two behind them.
Brian McLaughlin has been able to name a full-strength team, with…
Posted 529 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor at Wembley
THE X FACTOR finals were taking place next door at Wembley Arena but on the pitch here it was a chance for Saracens and Ospreys players to see if they could hit the right notes and impress their respective national coaches. Saracens emerged after 80 minutes with a 31-26 win, but they…
Posted 530 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
HARLEQUINS’ 14-MATCH winning run had to come to an end at some point and there’s no shame in losing to Europe’s most successful professional side. The Londoners have dominated the Aviva Premiership all season but they could not get the better of the mighty Toulouse at the Stoop and failed to even collect a…
Posted 595 days ago
Saracens will break new ground by playing their Heineken Cup Round 5 match against Biarritz Olympique in Cape Town on Saturday, January 14th, 2012.
ERC, organisers of the Heineken Cup, and the IRB have both approved an application by the English champions to play the match in South Africa, further growing the club’s brand, sponsor network and supporter base.
The decision means…
Posted 733 days ago
The Leinster team to face Northampton Saints in Saturday’s Heineken Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (KO: 5pm) has been named.
Leo Cullen leads a Leinster team which is unchanged from the side who defeated Toulouse 32-23 in the Semi Final. Cullen, who lines up alongside Scotland’s Nathan Hines at second row, is one of six Ireland internationals in a pack…
Posted 733 days ago
Director of rugby Jim Mallinder says that the Northampton Saints team is looking forward to taking on Leinster at the Millennium Stadium in tomorrow’s Heineken Cup final.
The Saints travelled to Cardiff in December during the pool stages, but tomorrow they will head back over the Severn Bridge for the Heineken Cup showpiece occasion to face a Leinster team that lifted…
