Clermont Auvergne 13 Saracens 9, match report: Visitors battle bravely but left to contemplate what could've been
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsOne of the great European occasions. It might not have been one of the great rugby spectacles, but it was a tense and compelling match of quite jaw-dropping muscularity, as two of the competition’s...
Clermont march into the Final
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Clermont scored a hard-earned 13-9 win over Saracens in Saint Etienne on Saturday to become the first team to reach the 2015 European Champions Cup Final. They will play the winner of Sunday's encounter...
Heaslip out to shock Galacticos
1 decade ago by Sky Sports RugbyJamie Heaslip has braced his Leinster team for a European Champions Cup semi-final showdown against a team he describes as "the Real Madrid of rugby."
Leinster out to upset ‘Real Madrid of rugby’ in Champions Cup, says Jamie Heaslip
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Leinster captain Jamie Heaslip bullish about semi-final showdown• Reigning champions Toulon chasing third consecutive European crownJamie Heaslip has braced his Leinster team for a European Champions...
Jamie Heaslip: We are playing the Real Madrid of rugby but we have our own Galacticos
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentJamie Heaslip has braced his Leinster team for a European Champions Cup semi-final showdown on Sunday against a team he describes as "the Real Madrid of rugby."
Leinster's position in European elite on line in Marseille
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentLast season, Leinster got a sense of their place in the new order of European rugby when they were swept into the Mediterranean by a Toulon side on their way to greatness.
Murphy believes it's time to cut O'Connor some slack ahead of defining contest
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentGeordan Murphy doesn't feel sorry for his former Leicester Tigers coach Matt O'Connor. He doesn't feel sorry for him because he thinks the criticism he is shipping as Leinster boss is "ridiculous". In...
Turfman from Ardee takes his oul' ass to Marseille for a song
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentI went for a drive on a yacht in the South of France, not that far from Marseille where Leinster take on the might of Toulon. A nice spot for sure. And I told the driver he had a lovely ship. "It's a boat,"...
Halfpenny remains a doubt despite being named in Toulon team
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentToulon will continue to monitor the fitness of Lions full-back Leigh Halfpenny before tomorrow's European Champions Cup semi-final against Leinster in Marseille with concerns over his injured shoulder.
Tony Ward: Leinster must adopt the great Bill Shankly mantra to beat Toulon
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentSean Cronin got it half-right in midweek when he declared that tomorrow's Champions Cup semi-final clash in Marseille was "do or die for our season in Europe". We all know Bill Shankly's oft-repeated 'life...
