European Rugby

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

Ford setting his sights on Europe glory

4 December 2022 0 comments

Sale fly-half George Ford says he is more motivated than ever to enjoy glory in a European competition. Ford, 29, has twice been a beaten […]

Five South African clubs enter Europe next season

2 June 2022 1 comment

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup organisers have announced five South African club sides will play in European competition next season. The Stormers, Bulls and Sharks, […]

Cheslin Kolbe returns in time for Challenge Cup Final

26 May 2022 0 comments

Springbok superstar Cheslin Kolbe returns for Toulon in time for their European Challenge Cup final against Lyon at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille. Despite both […]

Bath won’t travel to France unless French restrictions eased

12 January 2022 0 comments

Bath Rugby have confirmed that they will only fulfil Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup fixture against La Rochelle if French travel restrictions are eased. Director of […]

Postponed European rugby matches cancelled amid future uncertainty

12 January 2022 0 comments

All postponed matches from round two of the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup have now been cancelled, while uncertainty hovers over the remainder of […]

Euro re-matches to be announced this week

9 January 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES THE Champions Cup organisers will decide by the end of the week whether to rearrange the five matches called off in Round […]

Scarlets concede Champions Cup opener with Bristol Bears

7 December 2021 0 comments

Scarlets have been forced to concede their opening Heineken Champions Cup Pool game vs Bristol Bears on Saturday. The decision was made due to concerns […]

Bordeaux can be Woki champs

5 December 2021 0 comments

PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE COVID IMPACT ON THIS SEASON’S EUROPEAN CUP Tigers roar in 2002: Leicester will be hoping to revive the old glory days […]

Cardiff and Munster are homeward bound from South Africa

1 December 2021 0 comments

Cardiff have announced that the majority of their playing and background staff will leave South Africa on Thursday morning following a week of coronavirus mayhem. […]

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

Ireland’s Rob Kearney stays for another year

28 May 2019 0 comments

Rob Kearney pens a deal til the end of 2019-20

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals to support Doddie Weir foundation, EPCR announce

5 March 2019 0 comments

Newcastle and St James’ Park will host the two European finals in May

Competition: WIN tickets to Champions Cup & Challenge Cup finals!

6 February 2019 0 comments

To mark the end of this year’s Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup pool stages, we have teamed up with European Professional Club Rugby to […]

Ireland international defies injury doubts to return for Munster

18 January 2019 0 comments

Peter O’Mahony fit to face Exeter

Richard Cockerill names unchanged side to face Montpellier

17 January 2019 0 comments

Edinburgh name unchanged team for Montpellier clash

Challenge Cup fixtures preview

16 January 2019 0 comments

Friday will see two more exciting European matches take place. Agen will host Harlequins and Timisoara Saracens head to Franklin’s Gardens to take on Northampton […]

Newcastle Falcons vs Toulon: Champions Cup Preview

16 January 2019 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons vs Toulon – 18/1/19 Dean Richard’s Newcastle Falcons suffered a heavy 8-45 defeat to French side Montpellier in their last Champions Cup match, […]

Edinburgh vs Montpellier: Champions Cup Preview

16 January 2019 0 comments

Edinburgh vs Montpellier – 18/1/19 It’s first versus second on Friday night in Pool 5 of the Champions Cup. Edinburgh have won four out of […]

Wasps secure World Cup winner Fekitoa

16 January 2019 0 comments

Wasps have announced the signing of New Zealand centre Malakai Fekitoa, who is set to join the club next season. The news comes just a […]

TEAMS: Racing 92 v Munster

20 April 2018 0 comments

Earls returns from injury to start on the wing

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-final dates and venues confirmed

3 April 2018 0 comments

Times, dates and venues for the final four of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup

The world’s highest paid rugby players

13 March 2018 0 comments

When talking about well paid athletes, people usually focus on Premier League footballers or American sports stars with hundred million dollar contracts. And if you […]

Peter Jackson: Out for the count, Europe’s big three

31 December 2015 0 comments

There have been six multiple winners of what is now known as the Champions’ Cup and two have gone already, counted out with indecent haste. […]

“My Scarlets howler won’t happen again,” says Leicester centre Anthony Allen

15 November 2014 1 comment

Fit-again centre determined to make up for his blunder which contributed to Leicester’s disastrous defeat at Scarlets.

Twickenham to stage inaugural Champions Cup final

12 August 2014 0 comments

The inaugural Champions Cup final will be hosted at Twickenham it was announced today. The Challenge Cup decider will go ahead at the Twickenham Stoop […]

Champions and Challenge Cup draws revealed

10 June 2014 0 comments

Aviva Premiership champions Northampton have been drawn in Pool 5 of the inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup. Following the pool draw held in Neuchatel, the […]

English clubs react to European Cups draw

10 June 2014 1 comment

Jim Mallinder – Northampton Director of Rugby “We haven’t played Racing Metro before, and going to Paris will be an exciting challenge. “Racing are an […]

European Rugby Statement

10 April 2014 2 comments

After months of negotiation, the future of European rugby has been decided today with the release of the following statement from the European Professional Club Rugby.