Challenge Cup

EPCR European Player of the Year shortlist: Caelan Doris

Leinster Rugby back-row forward Caelan Doris has been named on the final EPCR European Player of the Year shortlist after a series of excellent performances in the Heineken Champions Cup.     The...

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2023 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals set for Dublin’s Aviva Stadium

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has announced that Dublin’s Aviva Stadium will host the 2023 Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup Finals.   The two showpiece matches, representing...

The EggChasers Rugby Podcast: EURO SEMIS (& Phil's Madrid Memoir)

The Champions Cup and Challenge Cup Semi Finals The new Nations Cup proposal The week's rugby news... ...and all done after a very long, eventful weekend on our travels...LTBP  

Mignoni tells Lyon ‘only winners’ are remembered

Pierre Mignoni says Lyon’s passage to the EPCR Challenge Cup final will only be truly historic if they lift the trophy.   Head coach Mignoni steered his side to their first European...

Ollivon demands Toulon focus

RC Toulon captain Charles Ollivon urged his side to keep focused as they target EPCR Challenge Cup glory.   Toulon will play fellow TOP 14 side Lyon in the final after defeating Saracens 25-16...

Road to Marseille: Lyon

With Lyon having reached their maiden European final by advancing to the EPCR Challenge Cup showpiece, we look back at how they secured their clash with RC Toulon at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille...

Match officials for European finals named

The match officials for the Champions and Challenge Cup finals have been announced.    Two of England’s top referees have been entrusted with the duties, with Wayne Barnes handling...

Star-studded line-up for EPCR European Player of the Year shortlist

As the countdown begins in earnest to the showpiece Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille, in-form candidates from Leinster Rugby and Stade Rochelais are not surprisingly dominating the prestigious...

Joe Gray announces retirement

Harlequins stalwart Joe Gray has announced that he will hang up his boots at the end of the season   Calling to an end a 12-year playing career, the hooker retires having amassed over 170 appearances...