Leinster Rugby

Champions Cup Team of the Week Round 2

Round two of the Champions Cup is complete with six games finishing with seven or less points splitting the sides. Away wins for Glasgow, Bath, Toulouse and Leicester in the competition with Toulouse the...

Vanes debut hat-trick gives Leicester Tigers victory in Paris

In an extraordinary closing match to Round 2 of the Investec Champions Cup, hooker Archie Vanes scored a hat-trick of tries to help Leicester Tigers to a famous 27-24 win over Stade Francais Paris. The...

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Leinster Rugby v Sale Sharks

Leinster Rugby vs Sale Sharks: Top Performers

Last seasons finalists Leinster welcomed English neighbours Sale Sharks to the RDS arena in a fixture that saw the visitors leading at the end of the first half. Leinster would rally in the second to secure...

Van der Flier inspires Leinster win over Sale Sharks

EPCR Player of the Year 2022 Josh van der Flier inspired Leinster Rugby to a bonus-point 37-27 win over a much-changed Sale Sharks in Round 2 of the Investec Champions Cup. The flanker scored Leinster...

Leinster Rugby warning for Sale Sharks

Both are on four points in Pool 4, one behind leaders Leicester Tigers, after Sale Sharks also began their campaign with a victory against French opposition, 28-5 at home to Stade Français Paris.  "We...

Stormers welcome back World Cup winners for Stade Rochelais tie

Fouche, who also missed last week’s narrow defeat at Leicester Tigers in England, knows the French side will be eager to put their home loss to Leinster Rugby in Round 1 behind them.  “It’s...

Champions Cup preview: battle for survival in the pool of death

It’s not just the DHL Stormers who are under pressure as they go out this weekend to get themselves on track in their quest for a Champions Cup Round of 16 spot. The Cape Town side is in what...

Cardiff change five for Bath showdown

Cardiff Rugby have made five changes for Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup clash against Bath (20:00). The Blue and Blacks welcome the West Country outfit to the Arms Park in Round Two of the European...

Team news: Sale Sharks v Leinster Rugby

Ernst van Rhyn, Sam Bedlow, Arron Reed and Rob du Preez return, Raffi Quirke starts and summer signing Telusa Veainu makes his Sharks Investec Champions Cup debut as Alex Sanderson shuffles the pack again...