The top two clubs in five of the six Heineken Cup pools will go head-to-head in the key round 3 and 4 pre-Christmas back-to-back fixtures which traditionally go a long way to deciding the qualifiers for the tournament knockout stages. Of the seven unbeaten clubs after the opening two rounds of
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ACC Round 3 Preview – Back-to-back games will be pointers for qualification
Six unbeaten clubs from three of the Amlin Challenge Cup pools will be in direct opposition when the crucial pre-Christmas back-to-back games in round 3 and round 4 get underway later this week. With both Worcester Warriors and Perpignan on a maximum 10 points after the opening two rounds, something has
RWC2015 Draw Outcomes
IRB World Rankings Preview one week ahead of RWC 2015 Draw
One week to go until the Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool Allocation Draw takes place in London (on December 3), find below a table indicating exactly how next weekend's result could affect teams' ratings points. The end of year tests are always fiercely contested affairs but this year there’s an
New italian Club “Zebre” set to replace “Aironi” in the Heineken Cup and the RaboDirect PRO12
The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) has announced today, Wednesday, 7 June, that Zebre (Zebras) will be the new club to replace Aironi Rugby in the Heineken Cup and the RaboDirect PRO12 for the 2012/13 season. Zebre were originally founded in 1973 as an invitational club for north-western Italy. The new club,
Rob Kearney (Leinster Rugby) has been named ERC European Player of the Year 2012
The prestigious award crowns an outstanding season for the full-back who started every one of Leinster’s nine European games as the Irish club triumphed in the Heineken Cup for an unprecedented third time in four years. Kearney succeeds teammate, Sean O’Brien, as the winner of northern hemisphere rugby’s ultimate individual
Heineken Cup – Leinster Rugby are champions, Sean O’Brien is man of the match
Leinster Rugby are the 2012 Heineken Cup champions. It is their third title in four seasons and they are only the second club to successfully defend their title after Leicester Tigers (2001, 2002) Leinster's 42 points were a record for a Heineken Cup Final (previous best 34 by Leicester in 2001);