Leicester Tigers v Stade Francais PREVIEW: Geordan Murphy ready...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryThere are few clubs at Europe's top table with as much history as Leicester Tigers and Stade Francais.With 10 meetings already in the continent's premier competition, something has to give on Sunday...
Leinster must recognise that they have a problem
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentIn 2012 at Twickenham, Leinster won their third Heineken Cup final against a game but totally out-classed Ulster side. If truth be told it wasn't much of a game - 42-14 doesn't constitute a contest.
Kingsley Jones aims to write a new chapter in his European...
1 decade ago by Gloucestershire EchoHe captained Gloucester in a Heineken Cup semi-final, coached Sale Sharks to a Challenge Cup title and was part of the top tier competition's heaviest defeat – now Kingsley Jones is aiming to write...
Alan Quinlan: Missing out on Champions Cup would mark an unbearable fall from grace
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentEight years after we ended our season as Heineken Cup champions, there is a real danger that Munster may end this year out of the Champions Cup qualification places.
Memorable BOD intercept try vs Munster
1 decade ago by Ultimate RugbyAhead of Leinster vs Munster at the Aviva tomorrow evening, we take a look at one of the most memorable tries in this fixture.Leinster and Munster met at a sold out Croke Park in the Heineken...
Friday Round-Up
1 decade ago by Ultimate RugbySale sign duoPremiership club Sale Sharks have signed Racing Metro second row Juandre Kruger and Saracens tight-head prop Kieran Longbottom for next season.South African lock Kruger, 30, has 17 caps for...
Hook on Schmidt: 'To suggest this man is the best coach we've ever had is mind-boggling'
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentIn six seasons in Ireland he has won two Heineken Cups, the European Challenge Cup, the Pro12, two Six Nations and has beaten two of the three southern hemisphere heavyweights but George Hook still doesn't...
Munster paying for poor planning and bad luck
1 decade ago by The TimesA decade ago Munster had just won their second Heineken Cup in three years and it looked like a dynasty was...
Brian O'Driscoll on how losing Robbie Henshaw will hit Connacht in more ways than one
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentThree-time Heineken Cup winner Brian O'Driscoll couldn't hide in his pleasure at the news that Robbie Henshaw was making the move across the Shannon to join Leinster.
'Psycho' was rugby's answer to Roy Keane
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentKyle. McBride. Gibson. O'Driscoll. And now Paul O'Connell. Does his name deserve to be up there among the greats? You bet your bottom dollar it does. Just look at his CV - a three-time Lion, three-time...
