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With 50 days to go before the Heineken Cup quarter-finals get under way, ticket sales for the four high-profile matches in Europe’s leading club rugby tournament are on track to top the 100,000 mark. Defending champions, Leinster Rugby, who qualified for the last eight with an unbeaten record, have already sold more than 40,000 tickets […]
Following a dramatic conclusion to the Pool stages of the Heineken Cup which confirmed the line-up for the last eight of the 2011/12 tournament, ERC has announced the dates, venues and kick-off times for the quarter-final matches. Edinburgh Rugby will become the first Scottish club to stage a home game in the knockout phase of […]
Saturday’s hard fought battle against Clermont-Auvergne at the Stade Marcel Michelin marked Ulster’s 100th game in the Heineken Cup. Former French International and Heineken Cup Ambassador Raphael Ibanez presented Ulster Branch President Laurence Caldwell with a plaque prior to the match to mark the club’s 100th appearance in the tournament. Ulster played their first game […]
Five nations will contest the Heineken Cup quarter-finals in April for the first time since the 2003/04 tournament – and for only the second time in the 17 seasons of elite European club rugby. On a drama-packed final weekend of make-or-break Pool stage matches Edinburgh Rugby became the first Scottish club to claim Pool honours […]
HEINEKEN CUP 2011/12 QUARTER-FINAL QUALIFIERS / PAIRINGS The qualifiers and their rankings for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals are: 1 Munster Rugby 2 Leinster Rugby 3 Edinburgh Rugby 4 Saracens 5 ASM Clermont Auvergne 6 Toulouse 7 Cardiff Blues (Best Pool runner-up) 8 Ulster Rugby (Second best Pool runner-up) The quarter-final matches, to be played the […]
Brian McLaughlin has had consistency in selection over recent weeks but the loss of Cave is a big blow for Ulster ahead of a massive encounter at Stade Marcel Michelin. Whitten though, has had plenty of gametime and is a more than able replacement in midfield. The Ulster coach can also call on Nevin Spence […]
Ulster have named a 34 man squad ahead of Saturday’s winner-takes-all Heineken Cup clash against ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Stade Marcel Michelin. Centre Darren Cave will miss the trip after he picked up a foot injury in Friday’s win over Leicester Tigers at Ravenhill. He is likely to be out for six weeks with […]
TWO THROUGH – SIX TO GO Munster Rugby and defending champions Leinster Rugby are safely through to the 2011/12 quarter-finals with a match to spare – and Saracens need just a single point from their trip to Benetton Treviso on Sunday to join them in the last eight. But the other places are there to […]
Members from the USRFR will be involved in the following fixtures: Scarlets vs Northampton Saints Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) Assistant referees: Leo Colgan (Ireland), Michael Black (USRFR) Television match official: Sean Flannery (Ireland) Montpellier vs Bath Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland) Assistant referees: David Wilkinson (USRFR),David Keane (Ireland) Saracens vs Biarritz Referee: George Clancy (Ireland) Assistant […]