Bath Rugby way down the betting to win 2018/19 Heineken Champions Cup

The 2024 Guinness Six Nations will kick off on February 2 in Marseille when reigning Grand Slam Champions Ireland and last year's runners-up France clash. The competition consists of five rounds where every country plays each other once in a round-robin style competition. If a team goes undefeated, then they will be crowned "Grand Slam" Champions;…

Paddy Power are giving new customers £40 in free bets when they bet £10 on the European Rugby Champions Cup. Read on to find out how to claim. The first round of pool matches runs from Friday, December 8 to Sunday, December 10, and the pool stage concludes in January. You can watch the action live on TNT Sports. Leinster are favourites at 11-4…

A little less than six weeks on from the Rugby World Cup wrapping up, another of the sport's premier tournaments gets underway on Friday when the European Champions Cup makes it's highly anticipated return. Europe's top domestic tournament features 24 teams this season and has undergone something of a facelift. Gone are the two pools of 12,…

France has won more EPCR Champions Cup titles than any other nation, including each of the past three. Can the run of success continue for the 2023-24 competition, too? The addition of South African clubs through the United Rugby Championship did little to slow down France's recent dominance of Europe's top continental rugby competition, with La…

The road to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium begins Dec. 8 and a potential preview of the 2024 Investec Champions Cup Final, and a reminder of the last two, is on Dec. 10. La Rochelle Rugby, the powerhouse of the Top 14 leagu e and defending back-to-back champion, faces Leinster Rugby, the powerhouse of the United Rugby Championship and back-to-back…

Seán O'Brien & Sione Tuipulotu © Getty Images Defending Vodacom United Rugby Championship champions Munster gave a strong statement in terms of defending their title while fellow Irish side Leinster snatched a win at the death against Connacht that would have given gasps of relief, if not concerns, ahead of a massive opening Investec Champions Cup…

T&C's apply18+begambleaware.org Last season's battle to top the Premiership table turned into a procession as Saracens and Sale grabbed the top two spots virtually unchallenged while semi-finalists Leicester and Northampton were also pretty comfortable. Sarries went top after round four and never looked back, Sale were second from the off other…

Sat, Sept 9, 8pm: England v Argentina, Marseille Sun, Sept 10, 12pm: Japan v Chile, Toulouse Sat, Sept 16, 2pm: Samoa v Chile, Bordeaux Sun, Sept 17, 8pm: England v Japan, Nice Fri, Sept 22, 4.45pm: Argentina v Samoa, Saint-Etienne Sat, Sept 23, 4.45p: England v Chile, Lille Thurs, Sept 28, 8pm: Japan v Samoa, Toulouse Sat, Sept 30, 2pm: Argentina…

The Champions Cup has narrowed to the final eight teams, with the three English sides left in the competition all facing a tough hurdle to a semi-final. While Leicester have to travel to Dublin to face a Leinster side still unbeaten in the United Rugby Championship this season, Exeter Chiefs on the Saturday will have to face a Stormers team who are…

It is fair to say that this year's Gallagher Premiership has been very different than previous campaigns. This 2022-23 season began with 13 teams in the tournament, but by the end of October, Wasps and Worcester Warriors had both gone out of business and were removed from the league. However, we still have 11 teams in the top flight and plenty of…

The Parisian derby on Sunday could be decisive as Stade Francais and Racing 92 battle to reach the French Top 14 play-offs but it will be personally significant for two Rugby World Cup winning Springboks. Stade Francais' Vincent Koch and Racing's Trevor Nyakane were two of a trio of tight-head props competing for playing time as South Africa…

With all three Irish participants in this season's Heineken Champions Cup through to the knockout phase and Connacht, despite a disappointing defeat in Newcastle, also advancing in the Challenge Cup, it proved a decent weekend all round for the Irish in Europe. Any pre-match nerves or anxiety the Munster party may have been feeling in advance of…

Toulouse won the Champions Cup in 2021 Rugby tips, best bets and tournament preview for the European Champions Cup, which starts on Friday, December 9. Toulouse 2pts 13-2 Hills Lyon 1pt each-way 50-1 general The European Champions Cup has long required teams to be able to adapt to all conditions and styles of play, with matches staged at venues…

Champions of England Leicester Tigers have been made THIRD favourites to claim back-to-back Gallagher Premiership titles. Steve Borthwick's side topped the table all season before overcoming Northampton Saints and Saracens in the semi-final and final to lift the trophy for the first time. However, bookmakers are not making them favourites to retain…

We're down to the last eight in the Heineken Champions Cup as the great and good of European rugby do battle for a place in the May 28 showpiece in Marseille. With another intoxicating weekend of knockout drama in store, we preview every game from the quarter-finals, with all four matches available to watch exclusively live on BT Sport. Read on for…

Leinster's Jonathan Sexton is back and has his sights sets on Champions Cup glory Free rugby tips, best bets and analysis for the start of the knockout stage of the European Champions Cup. Connacht v Leinster BT Sport 2, 8pm Leinster to win by 11 to 20 points 1pt 9-4 bet365 Racing to lift the trophy 1pt each-way 9-1 December 10 A new-look knockout…

Kurtley Beale (right) forms part of a star-studded Racing lineup Rugby union tips, best bets and analysis for the European Champions Cup, which starts on Friday. Racing 92 to lift trophy 1pt each-way 9-1 Betfred, BoyleSports French clubs were the dominant force in last season's European Champions Cup, providing three of the four semi-finalists, and…

The Champions Cup gets under way this weekend, with the competition continuing with the format it adopted last year due to Covid. In this format, there are 24 teams in the competition split into two pools. Each team plays two sides, home and away, from their side of the draw. The top 16 sides, eight from each pool, will progress into the round of…

It has been a strangely subdued start to the season for the four Irish provinces. While Ireland enjoyed a November to remember, beating the All Blacks as part of a three-Test cleansweep, all was quiet on the domestic front. But now provincial duty takes precedence once again, and this weekend sees the return of Europe and the Champions…

Bath Rugby may have had a favourable Heineken Champions Cup draw but it has cut very little ice with the bookmakers. The Blue, Black and White avoided all three league champions in the top pot of seeds - Saracens, Leinster and Toulouse. They also avoided the highest ranked team in pot two - Glasgow Warriors. As well as some attractive away trips…

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Champions Cup has the heavyweight final it deserves on Saturday with Leinster and Saracens, the two most dominant clubs in the region with teams who would be a match for most countries in the World Cup, going head-to-head. Defending champions Leinster are seeking to become the first club to win the competition five…

Eddie Jones joked his England side "might as well not turn up" to the Six Nations after injuries and suspensions left the reigning champions without 13 players ahead of their tournament opener against Italy. Jones named a 35-man squad featuring eight uncapped players on Thursday for the Rome match on February 4. Injuries and suspensions have robbed…

Sky Sports rugby union presenter Alex Payne casts an eye over the European Champions Cup pools and highlights his best bets from club rugby's biggest competition. Pool 1 (Glasgow,Leicester, Munster, Racing) To make the quarters: Racing 92 (8/11) as pool winners, Glasgow as a best runner-up Last year's losing finalists have the taste for European…

The long-awaited 2023/24 European Rugby Champions Cup kicked off on Friday, December 8. With one notable exception, the opening weekend was one that Irish clubs will be keen to forget. Four teams from the Emerald Isle saw action, with two experiencing heavy defeats. The third drew its match, while the fourth tasted victory, which was immensely…