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Watch: Matteo Minozzi drops the ball over the line for what would have been a BLINDER

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Matteo Minozzi almost scored one of the tries of the Champions Cup weekend as he sliced through the Clermont defence, chipped the ball over the top and regathered.   However, the Italian international...

Exact dates, venues, kick-off times of next Champions Cup round

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Here follow the exact dates, venues, kick-off times and TV coverage in the Round of 16 of the 2020/21 tournament:   Friday 2 April Leinster Rugby v RC Toulon – RDS Arena (17.30)BT Sport...

Champions Cup Quarter-Final Draw

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Champions Cup draw has been announced with five sides confirming home matches after two wins - unaffected by COVID-19 - in the pool stages. They are Racing 92, Bordeaux-Bègles, Leinster, Munster...

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup knockout stage draws to take place on Tuesday

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The draws for the knockout stages of the 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland next Tuesday (9 March).   The key event which starts...

How the revised formats for the Champions and Challenge Cup will work

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The EPCR has confirmed the revised tournament formats for the 2020/21 season.    In a statement confirming the news, the organising body of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup said that the...

Joe Ravouvou nearly gets Bayonne back in the game

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Bayonne looked to have scored through the speedy Joe Ravouvou but the strip of the ball early in play went forward     via GIPHY

Fritz Lee butchers opening try for Clermont

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

It has been all Clermont in the opening stages but they should be ahead had it not been for a good tackle and a knock on from Fritz Lee   via GIPHY

WATCH: Two ridiculous finishes from 20-year-old sees Bordeaux down Clermont

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Bordeaux 20-year-old Nathanael Hulleu proved to be the match-winner in the crunch TOP14 clash against Clermont on Saturday.   Two evenly matched sides, the last clash between the clubs ended in...