Ulster are favourites to reach their first Heineken Cup final since 1999 on Saturday, but Edinburgh will arrive in Dublin preparing to put up a fight. The Scots have never…
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Clermont Auvergne v Leinster: The Preview
Bordeaux is famed for its wine but this weekend it’ll be the smell of rugby players’ sweat filling the air rather than the fruity aroma of a good red. Clermont…
French focus: Top 14
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…
Heineken Cup facts and stats
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…
Edinburgh secure Lee Jones until 2014
Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby winger Lee Jones has capped a breakthrough season with an extended deal that will keep him at the Murrayfield club until 2014. As one of the…
Tim Visser extends Edinburgh deal
24-year-old Tim Visser has penned a new deal with Edinburgh Rugby, keeping the try-machine in the Scotland capital until 2015. Head coach Michael Bradley said: “Tim [Visser] is very much…
Prop Rhys Thomas undergoes successful emergency heart surgery
Scarlets tight head prop Rhys Thomas has been admitted to Morriston Hospital, Swansea, after collapsing during training at Parc y Scarlets yesterday afternoon (Thursday 26th January 2012). Rhys was treated…
Date set for Edinburgh v Toulouse Heineken Quarter-Finals
Edinburgh Rugby will open the 2011/12 Heineken Cup quarter-finals on Saturday 7 April against Toulouse at Murrayfield Stadium with a 3pm kick-off it was confirmed today. The club became the…
Laidlaw pays tribute to record breaking fans
Captain Greig Laidlaw today hailed Edinburgh Rugby’s double record-breaking support after the club charged into the last eight of the Heineken Cup at Murrayfield last night. An impeccable kicking display…
Heaslip makes 50th Heineken appearance for Leinster
The Leinster team to face Montpellier Hérault in Saturday’s Heineken Cup Round 6 sell out clash in the RDS (KO: 1.30pm) has been named. Leo Cullen, who is set to…