Nigel Owens will referee his third Heineken Cup final when he takes charge of this season’s showpiece European club rugby match between Leinster Rugby and Ulster Rugby at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May. CLICK HERE FOR 22 PAGE PULLOUT SUPPLEMENT Jamed With Stats The experienced Welsh official refereed the 2008 and 2009 finals won […]
Less than 2,000 tickets from the public sale allocation for the Heineken Cup final are currently available for purchase, and with massive interest anticipated from the four clubs who are vying for a coveted place at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May, supporters are advised to secure their places as soon as possible. For more […]
Defending champions Leinster Rugby are hunting a third Heineken Cup title in four years – and bidding to become only the second club to claim back-to-back titles. Ulster Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby and ASM Clermont Auvergne will contest the semi-finals later this month along with the reigning champions. Edinburgh created tournament history last weekend by becoming […]
Edinburgh Rugby will write a new chapter into Heineken Cup history when they clash with Toulouse at Murrayfield in the opening Heineken Cup quarter-final on Saturday. But while Edinburgh will have the honour of staging the first tournament knock-out match on Scottish soil, they have no intention of that being the end of the story […]
Ulster welcomed back skipper Johann Muller for the first time since Round 6 of the Heineken Cup in last weekend’s hard earned victory over Benetton Treviso. Their final outing before heading south to Limerick next month will be another ‘Italian Job’ at Ravenhill on Friday night when they host Aironi Rugby. [youtube FPL9_iGBWgI] Four of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ulster will go into their crucial Heineken Cup tie against Leicester Tigers this weekend full of confidence according to head coach Brian McLaughlin. Full story CLICK HERE Cardiff Blues will play their 100thHeineken Cup match when they clash with London Irish at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday – but any celebrations will go on the […]
Raphael Ibanez, the Heineken Cup 2011/12 Ambassador and a Heineken Cup winner with London Wasps in 2007, gives his unique take on who he believes will qualify for the knock-out stages of the 17thHeineken Cup tournament. CLICK HERE FOR 22 PAGE Pullout Special Supplement ‘We are now getting towards the real business end of the […]
Munster stand alone as the only club left with four from four as the tournament takes a break before resuming in 2012 with the critical Rounds 5 and 6 that will determine the prestigious quarter-finalists. CLICK HERE FOR 22 PAGE PULLOUT/DOWNLOAD SUPPLEMENT And the Heineken Cup takes that break on the back of a record […]