A miss Evans sent as Leinster turn the corner on European odyssey
6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : RugbyIt's a game that will always be remembered as 'Bloodgate' but the controversy tends to overshadow a Nick Evans drop goal that could have rewritten rugby history and a 2009 Heineken Cup quarter-final that...
Munster fans can relive their greatest European games this weekend
6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : RugbySubscribers will get to relive the 2006 and 2008 Heineken Cup final victories over Biarritz and Toulouse, as well as the 2006 semi-final victory over Leinster and the 2003 'Miracle Match' against Gloucester...
60 Years of Rugby World: Rugby in Pictures
6 years ago by Rugby WorldMemorable moments in rugby history, including the recollections of players themselvesHistory makers: Toulouse players with their trophies after the 1996 Heineken Cup final victory (Getty Images)Memorable...
The time Stringer outboxed England legend during 2003 Heineken Cup classic
6 years ago by Rugby DumpEngland legend Martin Johnson got caught out by Irishman Peter Stringer with a punch during the Heineken Cup quarter-finals in 2003.
The day Peter Stringer pulled a fast one as Munster finally got over the line
6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : RugbyThe 2006 Heineken Cup final is poised at ten apiece. Peter Stringer is poised at the base of a scrum. This week's 'Moment In Time' sees $1 revisit one of the most famous scores in the history of Irish...
QUIZ: Can you name the victorious Munster Heineken Cup Side In 2006?
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyOn May 20 2006, Munster beat Biarritz 23-19 in front of 74,534 - most of them Irish - at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium to win their first Heineken Cup title. This came after losing out to Northampton...
The Toulon 23 That Won The Heineken Cup For The Second Time
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIn 2014, Toulon went back to back winning their second Heineken Cup under Bernard Laporte. The side a season before featured some of the best players in the world in the...
THROWBACK: Leicester Tigers beat Cardiff in a penalty shootout
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyOn this day in 2009, Leicester Tigers booked a Heineken Cup final date with Leinster after beating Cardiff Blues 7-6 in an historic sudden death penalty shoot-out at the Millennium Stadium. Jordan...
When Munster prevailed on Irish rugby’s biggest day
6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : RugbyIt was the biggest game of rugby ever seen in Ireland, Leinster and Munster meeting in Europe for the first time and in a Heineken Cup semi-final no less.
‘I think it was a moment of realisation for a lot of us that we were a really good team’
6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : RugbyI t was a season that saw Munster ranked 66-1 Heineken Cup outsiders and treated with such disdain by Saracens that John Kelly remembers his team running out at Vicarage Road to the theme tune of American...
