Champions Cup

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

Team
Rank
MP
W
D
L
PF
PA
P
1
4
4
0
0
184
34
20
2
4
4
0
0
114
96
19
2
4
3
0
1
139
68
16
3
4
3
1
0
97
64
16
3
4
3
0
1
120
94
15
4
4
3
0
1
111
85
15
5
4
3
0
1
119
89
15
5
4
2
1
1
89
48
12
6
4
2
0
2
113
108
12
7
4
2
0
2
78
157
10
7
4
2
0
2
102
139
10
8
4
2
0
2
62
140
9
8
4
1
1
2
79
82
8
9
4
1
0
3
82
117
5
9
4
1
0
3
115
125
8
10
4
1
0
3
60
121
5
10
4
0
0
4
56
124
2
11
4
0
0
4
53
99
2
11
4
0
1
3
48
148
2
12
4
0
0
4
56
132
0
12
4
0
0
4
33
123
0

Baxter: Gloucs will be crunch

ROB Baxter said their Pool 2 double-header against West Country rivals Gloucester in December would be do or die. The Chiefs DoR said: “We’ve got […]

No reason to boo Eddie says Dai

WASPS Dai Young admitted a “few honest words” had transformed his team at half-time when they were 21-7 down. “I was really disappointed at that […]

McCall relieved by late bonus try

MARK McCall attempted to put a positive twist to his side’s lacklustre victory which saw the two-time European champions leave it late to pick up […]

Eddie’s big day on film

JAPAN’S win over South Africa in Brighton in 2015 is being made into a film written by former Rugby League player Max Mannix and it […]

Young upbeat despite drubbing

WASPS director of rugby Dai Young saw positives in his side’s defeat but knows there is much work to do before facing Bath next Saturday. […]

Pivac: I don’t blame Davies

WAYNE Pivac insisted his team’s slow start to the game – and not the late penalty try – cost the Scarlets victory against Racing 92. […]

Ackermann rues another lost final

FRUSTRATED Gloucester coach Johan Ackermann questioned why decisons were not always referred to the TMO following Garyn Smith’s somewhat controversial score and the sin-binning of […]