Raphael Ibanez, the Heineken Cup 2011/12 Ambassador and a Heineken Cup winner with London Wasps in 2007, gives his unique take on who he believes will qualify for the knock-out stages of the 17thHeineken Cup tournament. ‘We are now getting towards the real business end of the tournament and, no matter
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Heineken Cup fixtures – Rounds 5 and 6
The battle for qualification for the knockout stages of the 2011/12 Heineken Cup will resume on Friday, 13 January 2012 when Round 5 of Europe’s elite club rugby tournament gets under way with the clash of Ulster Rugby and Leicester Tigers. The Pool 4 meeting of the two former champions will
HC talking points – Munster stand alone
Heineken Cup – Round 4 results (16/17/18.12.2011)
POOL 2 Edinburgh Rugby 19 Cardiff Blues 12 HT: 19-3 Attendance: 4,384 Edinburgh Rugby: C Paterson; L Jones, N De Luca, J King (M Scott 74), T Visser (T Brown 74); G Laidlaw [capt], M Blair; A Jacobsen (K Traynor 79), R Ford (S Lawrie 74), G Cross (J Gilding 64), G Gilchrist
1 million fan milestone for Toulouse
Four times Heineken Cup champions Toulouse will reach another tournament milestone this weekend when they become the first team to notch 1 million fans at their home matches in Europe’s premier club tournament. Guy Noves’ side were the inaugural winners of the competition and were also the first team to win
Next stop for the Champions: the Aviva
A Heineken Cup Pool match is set to attract a crowd of more than 40,000 for the second successive Saturday when defending champions Leinster and Bath Rugby clash at the Aviva Stadium in a key Pool 3 match as the tournament moves into the second half of the group stages. There
Heineken Cup – Round 3 results (09/10/11.12.11)
POOL 4 Ulster Rugby 31 Aironi Rugby 10 HT: 12-3 Attendance: 7,494 Ulster Rugby: A D'Arcy; A Trimble (S Terblanche 51), D Cave, N Spence (P Jackson 52), C Gilroy; I Humphreys, R Pienaar (P Marshall 51); P McAllister (T Court 51), R Best (A Kyriacou 70), J Afoa (A Macklin 70), J