Champions Cup Team of Round Five
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyChampions Cup rugby returned with a bang this weekend as we edge ever closer to the quarter-finals of the competition. This weekend saw a number of sides battle it out for a place...
What Premiership Clubs Must Do To Progress To The Champions Cup Playoffs
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Premiership has seven teams in the competition but at the moment only two looks as if they are going to make it to the knockout phase of the competition. The likes of Sale, Bath and Harlequins are...
What Connacht, Ulster and Munster have to do to reach the Champions Cup knockout stage
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIt might seem surprising to some but all four Irish provinces still have the opportunity to qualify for the knockout stage of the European Champions Cup. With two rounds still to be played, Leinster is...
Champions Cup Team of the Week Round 4
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAnother good weekend of rugby where we see Leinster qualify for the Quarter Finals after 4 rounds, Saracens mount a come back and Clermont, Racing 92 and Toulouse carry on their fine form 1. Mako...
Champions Cup Highlights: Racing 92 40-27 Ospreys
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRacing shifted a gear this evening as they hosted the Ospreys at U Arena. In the second leg of the group stages, this group was looking to continue the fine performances it had put on. And it did not disappoint...
Champions Cup: Top Performers
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRound 4 got underway with Racing 92 coasting to a bonus point win over Ospreys and Ulster earning a valuable away win against Harlequins. There were some fine individual performances. John Cooney...
Champions Cup Highlights: Ospreys 19-42 Racing 92
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA red card as early as the 1st minute for the Ospreys set them for failure the entire game. Down to 14 men as Dan Evans was sent off early for a boot to Teddy Thomas' face, Ospreys soon found themselves...
Dan Evans banned for four weeks for Kung-Fu kick
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyOspreys fullback Dan Evans has been suspended for four weeks after he was issued a red card during his club’s Champions Cup, Round Three match against Racing 92 at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday. Evans...
Ospreys draft two props from the Scarlets on loan
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Ospreys have drafted in two props from the Scarlets on loan as cover due to an unprecedented injury crisis at the Liberty Stadium. Props Simon Gardiner (tight head) and Rhys Fawcett...
Champions Cup Team of the Week Round 3
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAnother round of the Champions Cup has come and gone! And what a weekend it was with Clermont shining on Friday evening, Munster piping Saracens on Saturday and some pulsating action on Sunday rounding...