When the dust had settled after last weekend’s Champions Cup quarter-finals, there were three English clubs and one French outfit left standing. The representation from the Premiership hasn’t been so…
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Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints The Sting Wasps will take on Saracens in the European Champions Cup semi-finals on 23 April thanks to Jimmy Gopperth’s nerves of steel. The fly-half struck a final-kick…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Wasps buzzing Six different try-scorers crossed the whitewash for Wasps as they demolished Leinster 51-10 to finish top of the European Champions Cup Pool of Death. The pick…
European Champions Cup: Who will make the last eight?
Three down and five to go in the Champions Cup, as we head into the last weekend of pool games with Saracens, Leicester Tigers and Racing 92 all having a…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Sam’s the man Step up and take a bow Sam Davies! The Ospreys’ replacement fly-half kicked 15 points in the second half of the European Champions Cup match…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints The ultimate long shot When you are trailing 23-0 at half-time, away from home in France, no one gives you much hope of turning a game around. Ulster…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Ten out of ten for the ten Jimmy Gopperth produced a masterclass of fly-half play in Wasps’ 36-10 away win at Bath in Pool Five of the European…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Spot on George Ford held his nerve and ignored some off-putting shouts from the crowd at the Ricoh Arena to slot a winning conversion for Bath as the…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Champions stung Wasps produced arguably the performance and result of the weekend, beating three-times European champions Toulon 32-6 at the Ricoh Arena, just a week after kicking off…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Hot stuff in the cold Connacht deserve absolutely all the plaudits in the world for playing through temperatures of around -20 celcius and managing to beat Enisei STM…