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Leinster seek back-to-back finals

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby are bidding for a second successive Heineken Champions Cup final when they welcome five-time champions Stade Toulousain to Dublin in the semi-finals on Saturday.   The Irish...

Exeter hope to end Stade Rochelais’ title defence

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Exeter Chiefs will need to overcome reigning champions Stade Rochelais in Bordeaux on Sunday if they are to reach the Heineken Champions Cup final for a second time.   The semi-final between...

Match Preview: Leinster seek back-to-back finals

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby are bidding for a second successive Heineken Champions Cup final when they welcome five-time champions Stade Toulousain to Dublin in the semi-finals on Saturday.   The Irish...

Disciplinary: Dafydd Jenkins, Exeter Chiefs

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The case of Dafydd Jenkins, Exeter Chiefs, was heard yesterday by independent disciplinary panel chaired by Sir James Dingemans sitting with Mitch Read and Carl Bradshaw.  Jenkins received a...

Stade Rochelais ‘can’t wait’ for Champions Cup semi-final

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stade Rochelais director of rugby Ronan O’Gara has admitted that his side “can’t wait” for Sunday’s sell-out Heineken Champions Cup semi-final with Exeter Chiefs at Bordeaux’s...

Henry Slade hopes departing Chiefs can leave on Champions Cup high

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Exeter Chiefs centre Henry Slade is hoping to help send his departing teammates out of the Premiership club on a high by winning the Heineken Champions Cup for the second time.   Wing Jack...

Champions Cup primed for heavyweight semi-finals

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Champions Cup semi-finals take place this weekend and they are poised to be two thrilling affairs between four of the best teams in club rugby.   The four sides have lifted EPCR’s...

Aaron Shingler to retire at the end of the season

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Aaron Shingler has announced he is to retire from rugby at the end of the season, bringing to an end an illustrious 15-year career with the Scarlets.   ‘Shings’ made his debut for the...

Billy Twelvetrees to depart Kingsholm at the end of the season.

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

After over 270 appearances in Cherry & White, club stalwart, Billy Twelvetrees, will embark on a new challenge at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season, bringing an end to his 11-year tenure at Kingsholm. Twelvetrees,...