Leicester Tigers boss Richard Cockerill backing Saracens in...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryLeicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill is backing Saracens to cause a shock in this weekend's Champions Cup quarter-finals. The Fez Heads go into the fixtures as eighth seeds and will...
We're in a better place - Hartley
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby04 April 2015Saints, beaten 33-22 by Leinster in the 2011 Heineken Cup final, play Clermont Auvergne in Saturday's European Champions Cup quarter-final. "We are in a better place now,"...
Older and wiser, Chris Ashton waits in wings for another England chance
1 decade ago by The TimesChris Ashton turned 28 on Sunday. “It’s supposed to be your prime, isn’t it?” he says in the canteen at Saracens’ wet and weary training ground. “This week will be unbelievable, apparently. ”...
Saints will not be overawed, says Dylan Hartley
1 decade ago by The TimesDylan Hartley believes that Northampton Saints will demonstrate today, in a heartland of French rugby, that his Aviva Premiership champions are still improving and will not be overawed by a match in...
We're in a better place - Hartley
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby03 April 2015Saints, beaten 33-22 by Leinster in the 2011 Heineken Cup final, play Clermont Auvergne in Saturday's European Champions Cup quarter-final. "We are in a better place now,"...
Chris Ashton: Time has come to gatecrash England party
1 decade ago by The Telegraph“This is my time now,” says Chris Ashton, and for a moment in what has largely been an effervescent interview, he is serious. It is clear that his desire to return to the England squad burns as...
Bath Rugby forward Zach Mercer starts for England under-18s in...
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleBath Rugby Academy number eight Zach Mercer has kept his place in the England under-18s team to face Italy in the European Championship bronze final at Stade Toulousain on Saturday (2pm BST). Head coach...
Wasps to go on the attack as Dai Young sets his sights on another Toulon giant-killing
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsIt is almost a year since Wasps began a European adventure that has brought them to the Champions Cup quarter-final against Toulon tomorrow. On the face of it, the contest represents a mission impossible...
The top try scorers in the European Cup
1 decade ago5. Two current Irish Internationals share 5th spot at the moment with Tommy Bowe and Gordon D’arcy level on 26 tries each. Tommy Bowe would have scored the bulk of his tries for Ulster while...
Racing Metro v Saracens (Sun)
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsEngland scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth captains Saracens on their Champions Cup trip to Paris, with normal captain Alistair Hargreaves injured. Hargreaves is replaced by Scotland's Jim Hamilton...
