Bordeaux-Bègles claimed their first-ever Investec Champions Cup title, while Bath Rugby lifted the EPCR Challenge Cup, as both sides celebrated European glory over the weekend in Cardiff. Here’s your weekend recap:
WEEKEND PREVIEW: Cardiff takes centre stage this weekend as the EPCR season reaches its climax. Bath face Lyon in Friday night’s Challenge Cup final, before Northampton Saints and Bordeaux-Bègles battle for Investec Champions Cup glory on Saturday at the Principality Stadium.
Johan van Graan and Sean Everitt go head-to-head as the remaining four teams in this season’s EPCR Challenge Cup battle for a place in the final during this weekend’s semi-finals. On Saturday, May 3, Edinburgh Rugby will square off against Bath Rugby, while Lyon Olympique Universitaire will take on Racing 92 on Sunday. With a
Leinster continued their dominance in the Investec Champions Cup with another emphatic win, while the Vodacom Bulls’ European campaign came to an end after a narrow loss to Edinburgh. Here’s your weekend recap: Champions Cup Challenge Cup Super Rugby Try of the Week: TRY OF THE SEASON? TRY OF THE DECADE?! 🤯 The Waratahs go
The Vodacom Bulls muscled their way into the quarters — now it’s all on the line against Edinburgh. No second chances. It’s knockout rugby at its best in Europe this weekend! Here is all you need to know about the Rugby World this weekend: Every league; Every fixture; Every log. TEAM NEWS: Visit the Keo
The Vodacom Bulls will fly the South African flag in this weekend’s EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-finals. Edinburgh Rugby and Vodacom Bulls kick off Saturday’s action at Hive Stadium in the Scottish capital Ospreys welcome Lyon Olympique Universitaire to Swansea.com Stadium Unbeaten Connacht Rugby host French heavyweights Racing 92 The weekend concludes with a
The Bulls battered Bayonne to advance to the Challenge Cup quarter-finals while Lyon landed a knockout blow to the Sharks’ title-defence and Edinburgh eliminated the Lions. EPCR Challenge Cup Highlights: State of the Euro cups: Bulls fly SA flag Saffas Abroad: Trokkie drives Saints through Clermont Investec Champions Cup Results Quarter-Final Fixtures
South Africa’s rugby move north will be cemented with full membership of the EPCR next season and the EPCR bosses are thrilled with the country’s impact on the landscape of the Investec Rugby Championship and EPCR Challenge Cup, writes Mark Keohane. South Africa’s presence adds to the commercial potency of the two competitions and the
New dates for the finals of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup have been set, with Marseille still in line to stage them.
European Professional Club Rugby will make "every effort" to finish this season while also planning for the future.
Bristol Bears and Northampton Saints were no match for La Rochelle and Clermont in the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals.
There was a tense finish at Sixways Stadium as Harlequins won by just two points over Worcester Warriors in the European Challenge Cup.
Zebre led at half-time of their European Challenge Cup match at La Rochelle, but the hosts fought back in stunning fashion on Friday.
Tributes were paid to teenager Nicolas Chauvin before and after Stade Francais got the better of the Ospreys in Paris.
There were wins for the Ospreys, Sale Sharks and Clermont Auvergne in the European Challenge Cup on Saturday.
Montpellier, boosted by several quality South Africans, crumbled in the second half to crash out of the Champions Cup. Saracens’s South Africans enjoyed a far happier afternoon, with Schalk Burger and Vincent Koch inspiring Saracens to a 62-14 hammering of Northampton Saints. Veteran Springbok Burger played the first hour at No 8. Johan Ackermann’s Gloucester