Ronan O’Gara simply can’t stop grabbing the headlines in the Heineken Cup. In the opening two rounds his last gasp drop goals helped Munster Rugby across the line in the Pool 1 clashes with Northampton Saints and Castres Olympique and this week his name will once again be on everyone’s
Champions Cup
Heineken Cup – Second Round results (18/19/20.11.11)
POOL 1 Northampton Saints 23 Scarlets 28 HT: 9-21 Attendance: 13,475 Northampton Saints: G Pisi (S Armstrong 71); C Ashton, J Clarke, J Downey, V Artemyev; R Lamb, L Dickson (M Roberts 65); S Tonga'uiha (A Waller 71), D Hartley [capt] (M Haywood 74), B Mujati (P Doran-Jones 71), C Lawes, M Sorenson
Heineken Cup – First Round Results (11/12/13.11.2011)
POOL 6 Harlequins 25 Connacht Rugby 17 HT: 19-10 Attendance: 11,856 Harlequins: M Brown, S Stegmann, G Lowe (B Urdapilleta 34), J Turner-Hall, S Smith, N Evans, K Dickson (D Care 50), J Marler, C Brooker (J Gray 59), J Johnston, O Kohn (T Vallejos 14), G Robson, M Faasavalu (L Wallace 72),
ERC match officials to focus on key areas
As the European club rugby season kicks off this weekend with the opening rounds of the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup, tournament organisers, ERC, have instructed all match officials in both competitions to be particularly vigilant in a number of key areas. The key areas of focus, which are
A week on from the New Zealand celebrations, all eyes turn to Heineken Cup
The rugby season is set to explode into life across Europe as the 17th Heineken Cup takes centre stage. Europe’s finest will go into battle on the weekend of 11/12/13 November chasing the biggest prize in world club rugby, with all roads leading to the final at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday,
Saracens to play Heineken Cup Round 5 match in Cape Town
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
Heineken Cup 2011 Fixtures
Leinster will launch the defence of their Heineken Cup crown with an away trip to Montpellier in Round 1 on Saturday, 12 November, with the French tournament debutants taking the match to Stade de la Mosson, the 32,900-capacity home of League 1 football club Montpellier HSC. Leinster will also play a