Champions Cup

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Champions Cup news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

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EPCR take decision to not host 2020 European Cup finals in Marseille

9 July 2020 0 comments

Stade Velodrome will not be the venue for October’s finals

Laporte’s World Club Cup won’t harm Champions Cup, says EPCR chief

30 June 2020 0 comments

EPCR chairman Simon Halliday sees little logical sense in how a World Club Cup could be held every year

Dates for Champions Cup and Challenge Cup confirmed by EPCR

25 June 2020 0 comments

Picture of 2019-20 season resumption now clear for Premiership, PRO14 and Top 14 clubs

Leinster wing Dave Kearney is king of Europe’s elite tryscorers

28 May 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks over the stats for Europe’s top performing players in terms of tries and points scored

World Rugby vice-chairman candidate Bernard Laporte proposes axing Champions Cup

6 April 2020 0 comments

Laporte sees a radical improvement on the Champions Cup which would incorporate teams in both hemispheres

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup postponed by EPCR

24 March 2020 0 comments

EPCR will liaise with the Premiership, PRO14 and Top 14 to try and complete the European Cup season

Saracens set for misconduct hearing with EPCR

7 February 2020 0 comments

Saracens find themselves in deep water over the possible fielding of an eligible player in their Champions Cup win over Racing 92

Munster out of Champions Cup as Leinster and Ulster progress

21 January 2020 0 comments

In what was a very rare fall from grace for the Munster squad, the door for this year’s Champions Cup closed on Sunday 19th January […]

TEAMS: Who Gloucester have turned to in place of injured Danny Cipriani for trip to Toulouse

17 January 2020 0 comments

Full Champions Cup team news for Round 6, as Lloyd Evans is preferred to Owen Williams at Gloucester

Keep the coaches off the pitch

12 January 2020 2 comments

THE dead rubber between Bath and Harlequins at the Rec was not just notable for another lamentable European Cup campaign by the home side. The […]

Watson’s off as Bath face Euro whitewash

12 January 2020 1 comment

By ROGER PANTING Going in: Alex Dombrandt breaks away to score for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown: Jackson Willison dives over for Bath BATH’S European […]

Marler is an ugly star says Gustard

12 January 2020 2 comments

HARLEQUINS prop Joe Marler celebrated his 200th appearance for the club by earning praise from director of rugby Paul Gustard. Gustard said: “He’s getting uglier, […]

Ulster miss chance as Clermont put on style

12 January 2020 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER ULSTER, not making the best of a dominant first half, felt the full force of Clermont after the break and left the […]

McFarland: We needed tries, not penalties

12 January 2020 1 comment

ULSTER head coach Dan McFarland defended his side’s decisions to kick for the corner in the first half rather than go for goal to build […]

Red card, but Sarries still find the way to win

12 January 2020 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER Early hope: Dan Evans scores Ospreys’ first try Comeback: Alex Lewington, left, celebrates with Manu Vunipola after scoring for Saracens PICTURES: Getty […]

That was a golden chance missed laments coach Hogg

12 January 2020 0 comments

Soft points: Carl Hogg CARL Hogg said the Ospreys let victory slip from their grasp as their horror season continued. The men from the Liberty […]

Van Graan sweats on Hanrahan hamstring

12 January 2020 0 comments

By ADAM ELLIS Doubt: JJ Hanrahan Chance: Ben Healy MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan has urged his side to move on from last week’s […]

Kaino: Now we’re ready for Gloucester

12 January 2020 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Grounded: Toulouse’s Pita Ahki scores with the help of Antoine Dupont PICTURE: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy TOULOUSE captain Jerome Kaino said they will go […]

Mighty Toulouse stand in way for Gloucester

12 January 2020 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Pile up: Gloucester celebrate as referee Frank Murphy awards their fourth try scored by Todd Gleave PICTURES: Getty Images A STRONG second […]

We need fast start now says Johan

12 January 2020 0 comments

AFTER similar poor performances in the first half of their last two home league games against Worcester and Bath, Gloucester’s director of rugby Johan Ackermann […]

The Galthie guillotine could chop up rivals

12 January 2020 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ”Galthie has put his reputation on the line to bring an end to a decade of mediocrity” […]

Memo to Carre: Go low or you will suffer

12 January 2020 0 comments

RHYS Carre’s sending-off just five minutes into Saracens visit to the Liberty Stadium suggests the message that tacklers have to go lower is taking much […]

Hepher and Pellow see Champions Cup within touching distance for Exeter Chiefs

2 January 2020 0 comments

Past winners as players, head coach Ali Hepher and skills coach Ricky Pellow see Champions Cup glory as the next step for Exeter

Munster team doctor fined for verbally abusing Jamie George

31 December 2019 0 comments

Munster medic Jamie Kearns given €2,000 fine for comment which sparked mass brawl during Champions Cup trip to Saracens

Why some Premiership clubs are angling for a format change to the Champions Cup

27 December 2019 0 comments

Saracens owner Nigel Wray details how player welfare grounds affect Premiership clubs in the Champions Cup

CLOSE-UP

15 December 2019 1 comment

CAELAN DORIS Leinster blindside V LEWIS LUDLAM Northampton blindside Ludlam was the pick of the Saints’ pack and a couple of big carries either side […]

Warriors get red card instead of winning try

15 December 2019 0 comments

By GARY HEATLY Early cracker: Jules Favre celebrates scoring La Rochelle’s first try PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS GLASGOW WARRIORS: Seymour 6; Steyn 6, Jones 6, […]

Cut-throat Cooney puts Quins to sword

15 December 2019 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD Winning the race: Luke Marshall scores Ulster’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images Quins highlight: Stephan Lewies celebrates his try TEAMS HARLEQUINS: R […]

Lazzaroni’s late try snatches Treviso thriller

15 December 2019 1 comment

POOL 1 Benetton ……..25 Lyon………………22 BENETTON grabbed their first win in the Champions Cup since 2015 after Marco Lazzaroni’s dramatic try edged them to a […]

Landajo: We must be ready for Wasps

15 December 2019 2 comments

DAN McFarland hailed scrum-half sensation John Cooney after another heroic display helped Ulster move within touching distance of the Champions Cup quarter finals. Dubliner Cooney […]

Chisholm steps into the breach for Quins

15 December 2019 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY LONG-SERVING Harlequins utility back Ross Chisholm is determined to ensure that Mike Brown’s absence does not derail their season. With […]

Arnold double extends Toulouse’s winning run after Picamoles stretched off

15 December 2019 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON TOULOUSE made it four wins from four but had to wait until the dying seconds to clinch a 26-18 success over Montpellier […]

Ospreys kids spread their wings in Paris

15 December 2019 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER Can’t hold him: Racing captain Henry Chavancy breaks a tackle to score TEAMS RACING 92: Zebo 6; Dupichot 7, Vakatawa 7 (Klemenczak […]

Future is bright, insists Hogg

15 December 2019 1 comment

CARL Hogg refused to comment on whether he wants to take charge of the Ospreys on a full-time basis, but the forwards coach did reveal […]

Jamie’s weight insult spurs Sarries retaliation

15 December 2019 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Skill: Sean Maitland scores the first Saracens try from Billy Vunipola’s basketball pass PICTURES: Getty Images Hanging on: Jack O’Donoghue tackles Nick […]

McCall: We may lodge protest

15 December 2019 1 comment

SARACENS rugby director Mark McCall said the club could lodge a protest following allegations that a derogatory comment by a member of the Munster medical […]

Gloucester toppled by Connacht tenacity at the death

15 December 2019 1 comment

By JOHN FALLON Away: Robin Copeland on his way to scoring Connacht’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images Held: Connacht’s Caolin Blade is tackled by Freddie […]

Johan blames a late panic

15 December 2019 0 comments

JOHAN Ackermann admits his side panicked under the Irish onlsaught but praised their bravery. “We put ourselves in a position to win the game and […]

Chiefs going full-throttle for the knockouts

15 December 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Sandy Park favourite: Ben Moon PICTURE: Getty Images Passed fit: Stuart Hogg SELF-CONFESSED “old bugger” Ben Moon is in line for his […]

Cook eyes French finishing school

15 December 2019 0 comments

Up for the challenge: Bath scrum-half Chris Cook OUTER-EDGE finishing is high on Bath’s agenda as they attempt to breathe life into a moribund European […]

If black wall topples on Foster, Warren is waiting

15 December 2019 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IAN Foster, New Zealand’s newly appointed head coach, cannot break-dance like his Crusaders rival Scott Robertson, but […]

Saints lads have hope despite hammering

15 December 2019 0 comments

By RONAN O’BRIEN Touchdown: Dan Biggar scores for Northampton Head over heels: Leinster’s James Lowe goes down to score PICTURES: Getty Images A BEST runners-up […]

Youngsters battled with real intensity says satisfied Solomons

15 December 2019 1 comment

In with a chance: Chris Boyd NORTHAMPTON Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd insisted his side can still reach the knock-out stages of the Champions […]

TEAMS: Saracens bring in the big guns for Munster rematch

13 December 2019 0 comments

Billy Vunipola and Owen Farrell among international crop recalled by Mark McCall

Curry orders Sharks to put on a killer show

8 December 2019 1 comment

■By JON NEWOMBE Disciplined: Ben Curry has given away just three penalties in ten games for Sale PICTURE: Getty Images BEN Curry wants his side […]

Cooney gives Quins late kick in the teeth

8 December 2019 1 comment

■By GARY FITZGERALD Diving in: Flanker Sean Reidy goes over for Ulster PICTURES: Getty Images Cool head: John Cooney kicked Ulster to victory PAUL Gustard […]

Kirsten out to bully his Bok mates

8 December 2019 0 comments

SOUTH African bruiser Jannes Kirsten says Exeter are hell-bent on putting one foot into the Champions Cup quarter-finals by making it three wins from three […]

Robbo: It’s hard to lose like that

8 December 2019 0 comments

JOHN Cooney feels his side’s nail-biting victory proves the Ulster men have the stomach for a real European dogfight this season. The scrum-half slotted the […]

Three-try blitz blows Bath out of Europe

8 December 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY Hot prospect: Samuel Ezeala breaks through to score Clermont’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images Slicing through: Rhys Priestland goes in for Bath’s […]

Ezeala is next big thing for France

8 December 2019 0 comments

FORMER Rec favourite Nick Abendanon haunted Bath on his 50th Heineken Cup appearance. He said: “Bath played well in the first half but our defensive […]

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