La Rochelle

Cullen and Sexton share thoughts on Champions Cup defeat

An understandably disappointed Leo Cullen admitted that his charges did not do enough in the face of a courageous La Rochelle onslaught to lift the Champions Cup at the Stade Vélodrome yesterday...

Alldritt heaps praise onto passionate La Rochelle faithful

A delighted La Rochelle captain Gregory Alldritt has been quick to praise the club’s passionate fans who came out in their droves to support their team to a 24-21, title-clinching victory over Leinster...

European Player of the Year: Josh van der Flier

The Leinster Rugby wing forward, Josh van der Flier, has rounded off an outstanding European season by being named EPCR European Player of the Year 2022.Van der Flier becomes the third Leinster player...

Leinster 21-24 La Rochelle: French side snatch first Champions Cup with late Retiere try

Leinster were in the ascendancy for the majority of the European Champions Cup final, but La Rochelle snatched victory at the death.     La Rochelle lifted their first ever European Champions...

Champions Cup Final: Leinster & La Rochelle Player Ratings

La Rochelle claim their maiden Champions Cup title defeating four time winners Leinster 21-24 in the final on Saturday.   It was Arthur Retiere who sealed the victory coming off the bench to score...

Raymond Rhule scores the opening try of the Champions Cup Final

Raymond Rhule combined with his fellow Springbok, Dillyn Leyds, to score the opening try of the Champions Cup Final to give La Rochelle the lead after 12 minute   LEYDS! RHULE! ⚡️What a try!...

Le French Rugby Podcast | Wiaan Liebenberg & Going Out On Top

Intrigue ahead of final as O'Gara and Sexton are rivals once more

Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup final has no shortage of individual contests, but one if the most intriguing is the somewhat unorthodox one between Leinster flyhalf and captain Johnny Sexton and...

Press Conference | Leo Cullen, Johnny Sexton & James Ryan ahead of the Champions Cup Final.

Leinster unchanged from semi-final win over Toulouse

The Leinster Rugby team, as sponsored by Bank of Ireland, has been named to face La Rochelle in the Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille tomorrow (KO 5.45 local/4.45pm Irish – LIVE on Virgin...