Biarritz Olympique are the 2012 Amlin Challenge Cup champions after beating Toulon in the final at the Twickenham Stoop this evening. Dimitri Yachvili is awarded man of the match It is the first European title for Biarritz Olympique. 2012 AMLIN CHALLENGE CUP FINAL MAIN FIGURES Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque 21 Toulon 18 HT: 12-9
Biarritz Olympique
ACC Talking Points – Heineken Cup the Spur
Biarritz Olympique – the 2006 and 2010 Heineken Cup finalists – hope it is third time lucky in their pursuit of a European title when they clash with Toulon in the Amlin Challenge Cup final at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday night (8.00pm). Serge Blanco, Biarritz Olympique’s most famous player and
ERC Finals referee Appointments
Nigel Owens will referee his third Heineken Cup final when he takes charge of this season’s showpiece European club rugby match between Leinster Rugby and Ulster Rugby at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May. The experienced Welsh official refereed the 2008 and 2009 finals won by Munster Rugby and Leinster Rugby
ACC Talking Points – Last french Four have true pedigree
The 2012 Amlin Challenge Cup semi-finalists have all contested European finals and have an impressive six Heineken Cup and two Amlin Challenge showpiece matches between them. And the star studded squads of the clubs contesting the matches in the last four at Stade Felix Mayol and Parc des Sports Aguillera contain
ACC Talking Points – Quarter Final fixtures
One of the biggest weekends in the European club rugby calendar will kick-off with the first in a series of intriguing Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final Anglo-French contests when last season’s finalists, Stade Francais Paris, host the Exeter Chiefs on Thursday, 5 April next. The theme of cross-channel rivalry continues with the
Amlin Challenge Cup 2011/2012 SemiFinals draw and schedule
The draw for the Amlin Challenge Cup 2011/ 12 semi-finals was made in Cardiff this evening. AMLIN CHALLENGE CUP SEMI-FINALS (To be played 27 / 28 / 29 April) The winner of the first named quarter-final in each semi-final pairing will have home advantage. Semi-final 1: Toulon or Harlequins v Stade Français Paris or
Heineken Cup 2011/2012 Quarter Final qualifiers/pairings and schedules
The qualifiers and their rankings for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals are: 1 Munster Rugby 2 Leinster Rugby 3 Edinburgh Rugby 4 Saracens 5 ASM Clermont Auvergne 6 Toulouse 7 Cardiff Blues (Best Pool runner-up) 8 Ulster Rugby (Second best Pool runner-up) The quarter-final matches, to be played the weekend of 6 / 7 / 8 April, will be: (1)