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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Maxime Medard’s 11-year wait over at last at Toulouse

2 May 2021 0 comments

The Toulouse full-back reacts to the four-time champions reaching the Champions Cup final

Preview: Bok flyer Rhule has found his second wind in French Alps

2 May 2021 0 comments

Daniel Gallan preview Sunday’s clash between La Rochelle and Leinster with a place in the final awaiting the victor

Controller Ross Byrne takes reins for 100th Leinster cap

2 May 2021 3 comments

Ross Byrne starts at fly-half for Leinster as Johnny Sexton and Harry Byrne miss out through injury in the Champions Cup semi-final

Johnny Sexton ruled out of Leinster’s Champions Cup semi final

27 April 2021 1 comment

Ross Byrne is likely to play at No.10 for Leinster against La Rochelle this weekend in the Champions Cup semi-final

La Rochelle 45-21 Sale: Sharks are handed a painful French lesson

11 April 2021 0 comments

Victor Vito and Raymond Rhule show their genius to put Sale under the pump

Exeter 22-34 Leinster: Chiefs falter after fast start against brilliant Irish

11 April 2021 0 comments

Leinster come from 14-0 down to keep their double hopes alive at Sandy Park

Baxter: We went off script and paid

11 April 2021 0 comments

EXETER DoR Rob Baxter said: “We just went off script at times and each time it hurt us. We are disappointed. The game slipped away […]

Preview: Wales ace Sheedy leads Bristol Bears into dog fight

4 April 2021 2 comments

Callum Sheedy and Matthieu Jalibert to go head-to-head at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Sunday afternoon

Wasps 25-27 Clermont: Agony as Odogwu’s boots cost Wasps

4 April 2021 0 comments

A close call for the TMO as Odogwu’s boot was deemed to be in touch in tight encounter against Clermont

Blackett: Gutting to lose like that

4 April 2021 1 comment

The Wasps head coach reacts to their Champions Cup exit after a narrow defeat at the hands of Clermont Auvergne

Preview: Golden ticket buys Beaumont’s band of brothers a shot in last chance saloon

4 April 2021 1 comment

Josh Beaumont looks ahead to Sale’s first European Cup quarter-final since 2006, as Sharks travel to Parc y Scarlets

Exeter 47-25 Lyon: Battling Chiefs show champion pedigree

4 April 2021 0 comments

Chiefs come from 17-5 down to advance to the Champions Cup quarter-finals with victory at Sandy Park

Great to be back with pals says Jonny Hill

4 April 2021 1 comment

Exeter Chiefs lock Hill scores two tries on his return from England Six Nations duty

Preview: Cockerill gambles on Blair at No.10

4 April 2021 1 comment

Edinburgh head coach defends the risky selection choice to play Blair Kinghorn not at full-back or on the wing, but at fly-half

Gloucester 16-27 La Rochelle: Gloucester courage not enough this time

4 April 2021 2 comments

Levani Botia was the star of the show at Kingsholm, as La Rochelle progress

We came to target Barton, admits La Rochelle’s O’Gara

4 April 2021 1 comment

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O’Gara says the French club came to Kingsholm with the gameplan set up to disrupt George Barton

Munster 33-40 Toulouse: Matthis Lebel try kills Munster momentum

4 April 2021 0 comments

Munster put up a fight at Thomond Park but lose out in the battle of Europe’s two giants waiting on their first Champions Cup final in a decade

Finn Russell receives three-week ban for red card against France

30 March 2021 0 comments

Scotland fly-half Russell was shown a red card by Wayne Barnes for catching France No.15 Brice Dulin high with an elbow

Joe Simmonds says Exeter Chiefs won’t freeze on the big stage

28 March 2021 2 comments

Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds says the reigning champions will draw on their experiences against Toulouse and Racing 92 ahead of facing Lyon for the first time

Round of 16 stages drawn for Champions Cup and Challenge Cup

9 March 2021 2 comments

The Round of 16 draw for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup knockout stages has taken place in Lausanne, Switzerland

Exclusive: Easter Monday slot for European Cup games

7 March 2021 0 comments

Jon Newcombe reveals how the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup will be crammed in to the remainder of the season’s schedule

Exclusive: How the Champions Cup will be drawn

21 February 2021 0 comments

Jon Newcombe reveals how the Last 16 of the Champions Cup will be drawn after an impasse between Premiership and Top 14 was resolved

Rob Baxter voted Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year 2020

22 January 2021 0 comments

The Exeter Chiefs director of rugby is the recipient of the Pat Marshall award after a Premiership and Champions Cup winning 2019-20 campaign

Simon Halliday says French govt’s decision to block European Cup competition was ‘unnecessary’

19 January 2021 0 comments

The EPCR chairman says protocols could not have been more safer for players

French call two-week halt to the European Cups

10 January 2021 1 comment

Covid-19 spike in Europe is set to obstruct the upcoming rounds of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competition

Brive 16-18 Zebre: Carlo Canna’s late strike secures victory for Zebre

20 December 2020 0 comments

Zebre stun Brive on French soil after late drama set up Carlo Canna to clinch victory off the kicking tee

Castres 17-26 Newcastle: Falcons respond in style but miss bonus

20 December 2020 1 comment

Tries from Sam Stuart, Tom Arscott and Josh Basham hand Newcastle victory in southern France

Leinster 35-19 Northampton: 13th-straight loss for Saints but signs of hope in defeat

20 December 2020 1 comment

Leinster captain Garry Ringrose credits Saints with their performance at the RDS

Wasps 33-14 Montpellier: Alfie Barbeary puts the sting back into Wasps

20 December 2020 2 comments

Wasps flanker Barbeary outshines Louis Picamoles in convincing victory for the Premiership club over Montpellier

Sale 15-16 Edinburgh: Drama as Paul Deacon sees Sale lose plot

20 December 2020 0 comments

Sale Sharks throw away first-half lead to fall to Richard Cockerill’s Edinburgh

Bears ace Harry Randall aims to show Eddie he’s the man for all seasons in Galway

20 December 2020 1 comment

Neale Harvey previews Bristol’s Champions Cup trip to Connacht with England hopeful Harry Randall

UBB 47-8 Dragons: Matthieu Jalibert puts the boot into illness-hit Dragons

20 December 2020 0 comments

Les Bleus star Jalibert dampens Dragons’ woes, as Dean Ryan contends with 16 unavailable players against the mite of Bordeaux-Begles

Gloucester 38-34 Ulster: George Barton grabs the glory as Gloucester leave it so late

20 December 2020 2 comments

20-year-old George Barton scores match-winning try in the 84th minute, triggering scenes of jubilation at Kingsholm

Paul Gustard demands cool heads or see Champions Cup hopes fade

20 December 2020 0 comments

Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard urges his side to keep strict discipline as Racing 92 await in the Champions Cup

Kay: Tough ask but Quins can do it

20 December 2020 0 comments

BT Sport pundit Ben Kay previews Harlequins clash with Racing 92, and says the Premiership club have the toughest schedule in the Champions Cup pools

Clermont 31-39 Munster: Fightback supreme breaches the French fortress

20 December 2020 2 comments

Munster produce dramatic comeback over Clermont Auvergne, overturning 26-8 deficit and inspired by CJ Stander

JJ Hanrahan was our star says Van Graan

20 December 2020 1 comment

Munster head coach Johann van Graan’s reaction to a memorable comeback against Clermont Auvergne

Isichei’s tragic death must bring real change

20 December 2020 1 comment

THIS week the family of Allan Isichei, the muchloved and highly respected former Wasps first-team prop during the 1970s and 1980s, who was murdered near […]

Henry helps Tigers beat three yellows

20 December 2020 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR Success! Tigers celebrate their victory PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS BAYONNE: Germain 7 (Fajardo 71); Baget 6 (Lestrade 51, 6), Muscarditz 6, Hingano […]

North try completes Ospreys’ fightback

20 December 2020 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Dangerman: George North offloads out of Billy Searle’s tackle PICTURE: Getty Images WORCESTER’S European hopes hang by a thread after Ospreys won […]

Bath’s trip to La Rochelle cancelled due to Covid-19

18 December 2020 0 comments

12 players at Bath forced to self-isolate following match against Scarlets, who had one positive test confirmed on Thursday

Exeter Chiefs trio aim to build ironclad case for Eddie

18 December 2020 1 comment

Scrum-half Jack Maunder says he and the omitted Simmonds brothers will continue to bash on the door of England head coach Eddie Jones

Gutsy Bristol Bears bite back to earn late try bonus against Clermont

13 December 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher reports from Ashton Gate where Bristol Bears and Clermont played out a 12-try thriller

We’ll fix things for next week says Bristol Bears boss Lam

13 December 2020 1 comment

Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam reacts to his team’s 51-38 defeat to Clermont Auvergne in the Champions Cup

Spencer rues try that got away as Bath fall

13 December 2020 0 comments

■By GARY FITZGERALD STUART Hooper told his players “You got what you deserved” and refused to blame officials as Bath were frustrated at the end […]

Toulon’s Louis Carbonel in control but Sale Sharks show fight

13 December 2020 0 comments

Mike Sinclair reports on Toulon edging Sale Sharks in their first match since Steve Diamond left the Premiership club

Table-topping Exeter Chiefs set sights on famous ‘double double’

13 December 2020 1 comment

Exeter Chiefs captain Jack Yeandle previews the visit of Glasgow Warriors to Sandy Park

Danny Care calls for same underdog spirit that put Harlequins on the trophy trail in 2011

13 December 2020 0 comments

Ahead of their trip to Thomond Park, Quins scrum-half Care recalls the spirit of 2011 and their famous win over Munster

Evans: Big hearts won the day for us

13 December 2020 1 comment

STEFF Evans hailed the heart and desire that helped Scarlets defy a desperate late Bath onslaught for his side’s memorable win at The Rec. The […]

Unforced errors cost us – Paul Deacon

13 December 2020 0 comments

Sale head coach had a message for Steve Diamond after watching Sharks lose to Toulon

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