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

Classy Leinster put Gloucester to sword

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ……………………14pts Tries: Penalty 25, 64 Leinster……………………….. 49pts Tries: Larmour 4, Ala’alatoa 11, Osborne 27, Doris 40, Keenan 46, van der Flier […]

Wiese red puts Sale on the back foot

By PAUL REES Sale ………………………………… 5pts Tries: van der Merwe 12 Toulouse …………………….. 27pts Tries: Meafou 69, Cramont 71 Conversions: Jaminet 70 Penalties: Jaminet 25, […]

Munster hold off Saints revival

By JOHN FALLON Munster ………………………. 27pts Tries: Coombes 9, 29; O’Donoghue 20 Conversions: Carbery 10, 21, 30 Penalties: Carbery 2, 75 Northampton ………………. 23pts Tries: […]

London Irish hooker Agustin Creevy

Creevy hit with four-week ban

London Irish hooker Agustin Creevy has received a four-week ban following his red card in the Champions Cup defeat by Montpellier last Friday. Argentine Creevy […]

Cowan-Dickie puts Chiefs in command

By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter…………………………… 44pts Tries: Ewers 11, Cowan-Dickie 16, 30, 46, Slade 36, Kata 56 Conversions: J Simmonds 11, 30, 36, 46 Penalties: J […]

Hepher excited by new wave

Exeter head coach Ali Hepher is “excited” to see his new wave of young prospects like Sam Maunder, Dafydd Jenkins and Christ Tsiunza making their […]

Atkinson on target to steer Leicester home

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester……………………… 23pts Tries: Wiese 18, Montoya 26 Conversions: Atkinson 18, 26 Penalties: Atkinson 37, 51, 69 Clermont……………………….. 16pts Tries: Bezy 79 Conversions: […]

Lyon pushed aside as Sarries march on

By PAUL REES Lyon………………………………..20pts Tries: Kaabèche 27, 32; Smith 41 Conversions: Smith 42 Penalties: Smith 65 Saracens……………………… 28pts Tries: George 13, Earl 20, Maitland 54 […]

Stormers keep Irish on the back foot

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stormers………………………. 34pts Tries: Englebrecht 8 Dayimini 41, Zas 45, Pokomeal 80+1 Conversions: Libbok 9, 42, 46, 80+2 Penalties: Libbok 39, 60 London […]

Bosch keeps Sharks on track

By BEN JAYCOCK Bordeaux……… 16 Sharks………….. 19 Curwin Bosch scored 14 points as the Sharks dug deep to see off Bordeaux Begles to make it […]

Six of the best for super Sale

Sale Sharks……………..39 Tries: Curry 15, D Du Preez 21, R Du Preez 48, Curtis 64, McGuigan 70, Reed 77 Conversions: D Du Preez 22, 65, […]

Chapman comes on to break the gloom

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester…….22pts Tries: Varney 24, Tuisue 63, Socino 68, Chapman 76 Conversions: Carreras 76 Bordeaux………. 17pts Tries: Falatea 2, Willis 38 Conversions: Holmes […]

Creevy’s red puts Irish on back foot

By ROGER PANTING London Irish…….27pts Tries: Gonzalez 25, 37; Cinti 30 Conversions: Jackson 25, 30, 37 Penalties: Jackson 9, Jennings 78 Montpellier……..32pts Tries: Reinach 40, […]

England stars are back in

Preview Sale v Ulster Today. Kick-off 1pm SALE welcome back four England players for Ulster’s visit to the AJ Bell Stadium in their Pool B […]

European draws set for 28 June

The pool draws for the 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup tournaments will be held at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on 28 June, EPCR confirmed […]