ChampionsCup

Hastoy is leading Champions Cup scorer

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stade Rochelais fly-half Antoine Hastoy, who helped the French club retain the Heineken Champions Cup at the weekend with the match-winning conversion, also topped the competition’s individual...

Newcastle Falcons sign London Irish scrum-half Hugh O'Sullivan

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

London Irish scrum-half Hugh O’Sullivan has become Newcastle Falcons’ tenth senior signing as the club continues to build for the 2023-24 season and beyond.   The 25-year-old has signed...

Leinster team named for 2023 Champions Cup Final

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Leinster Rugby team to take on La Rochelle in the Champions Cup Final, on Saturday afternoon in Aviva Stadium, has been named by Leo Cullen (KO: 4.45pm – live on RTÉ2, BT Sport 2, RTÉ...

2023 EPCR Player of the Year shortlist: Antoine Dupont

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stade Toulousain scrum-half Antoine Dupont is again included on the five-man shortlist for the EPCR Player of the Year award after another superlative campaign.   The France international,...

Oval Insights: How the Champions Cup final will be won and lost

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Demonstrating the challenge of campaigning on two fronts, Heineken Champions Cup finalists Leinster and Stade Rochelais go into this weekend’s Grand Final on the back of losses.   You...

‘The worse dressing room I’ve experienced’ – Leinster fuelled by 2022 heartbreak

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby are using the agony of defeat in last season’s Heineken Champions Cup final as motivation in the 2023 showpiece game, according to back-row forward Caelan Doris.   The...

Lancaster: Champions Cup final is do or die

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby senior coach Stuart Lancaster has admitted that Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup final against Stade Rochelais is “do or die” for the Irish province after Munster Rugby...

News ‘The worse dressing room I’ve experienced’ – Leinster fuelled by 2022 heartbreak

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby are using the agony of defeat in last season’s Heineken Champions Cup final as motivation in the 2023 showpiece game, according to back-row forward Caelan Doris.   The...

Leinster and La Rochelle primed for Champion Cup final rematch

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby and Stade Rochelais face off in the Champions Cup for the second season running as the Irish province look to exact revenge on their French counterparts.   The game kicks off...

Dublin’s past Champions Cup finals

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Dublin has hosted three previous Heineken Champions Cup finals – two at the old Lansdowne Road and one at the Aviva Stadium, venue for this year’s showpiece between Leinster Rugby and Stade...