To Europe with love

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…

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…

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…

Sat, Sept 9, 2.30pm: Ireland v Romania, Bordeaux Sun, Sept 10, 4.45pm: South Africa v Scotland, Marseille Sat, Sept 16, 8pm: Ireland v Tonga, Nantes Sun, Sept 17, 2pm: South Africa v Romania, Bordeaux Sat, Sept 23, 8pm: South Africa v Ireland, Saint-Denis Sun, Sept 24, 4.45pm: Scotland v Tonga, Nice Sun, Sept 30, 8pm: Scotland v Romania, Lille Sun,…

The 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup Final takes place this Saturday, as Leinster play hosts to La Rochelle at the Aviva Stadium. Leinster have an unbelievable win rate at the Dublin stadium, as since the Aviva opened in 2010, Leinster have won 40 out of 46 matches in the ground. Leinster have made the Aviva Stadium into a second home, after the RDS…

Heineken Champions Cup finalists Leinster Rugby and Stade Rochleais are involved in massive domestic clashes on Saturday as their Dublin showdown edges ever closer. Leinster, who thrashed Stade Toulousain in the semi-finals last weekend, host Cell C Sharks in the BKT United Rugby Championship (URC) quarter-finals. The Irish province have made a…

The South African teams will face a big task this weekend as the Heineken Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup reaches the business end in the opening playoff rounds, where all five domestic franchises will look to book places in the quarter-finals. Three teams will be in action in the Heineken Champions Cup with the Cell C Sharks hosting…

Ireland face France this afternoon in a match that could go a long way to determining who will be crowned this year's Six Nations champions. But they will do so without influential hooker Dan Sheehan, who they have lost to a hamstring injury. Rob Herring starts in his place in the only change Andy Farrell has made to the side that started last…

Having already to beaten the reigning French champions, Montpellier, and the English champions, Leicester Tigers, away from home, Toby Booth's Ospreys have been given the task of beating three-time Heineken Champions Cup winners Saracens to reach this season's quarter-finals. Even though Saracens were beaten in Edinburgh in their final pool game,…

When is ASM Clermont Auvergne vs Leicester Tigers on and what time does it start? ASM Clermont Auvergne vs Leicester Tigers will take place on Friday 13th January, 2023 - 13:00 (UK) Where is ASM Clermont Auvergne vs Leicester Tigers taking place? ASM Clermont Auvergne vs Leicester Tigers will take place at Stade Marcel Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand,…

The Emirates Lions will get their first taste of European action against the Dragons in their EPCR Challenge Cup clash at 12h45 on Saturday at Emirates Airline Park, while the Toyota Cheetahs will meet Section Paloise at 15h00 at Stade du Hameau in Pau. The three other SA franchises will make their Heineken Champions Cup debuts on Saturday with the…

Head coach: Marco Bortolami Captain: Dewalt Duverago/Michele Lamaro Last year: 13th Betting: 150-1 Players In: S Hildago-Klyne (Exeter Chiefs), T Menoncello (promoted academy), A Garbisi (Mogliano), G Nicotera (Rovigo), G Da Rae (Rovigo), F Drago (Mogliano), M Drudi (Mogliano), S Scrafton (Hurricanes), O Ratave (Fijian Drua), M Zanon (Pau), M…

Leinster reached their first Heineken Champions Cup final in three years after dethroning Toulouse in a sure-footed 40-17 win at the Aviva Stadium. The defending champions struggled to cope with the pace of the hosts' attack, with James Lowe, the tournament's top-scorer this season, claiming two of their four tries. Leinster recovered from Antoine…

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…

Of the 26 titles handed out over the course of the Heineken Champions Cup, 13 of them sit in the bottom half of this season's quarter-final draw. The last eight of this years competition is interestingly split. One one side of the draw you have Racing 92, Sale Sharks, La Rochelle and Montpellier - new money and new challengers. On the bottom half…

I put together this 2022 Heineken Champions Cup betting guide for the quarter-finals to help you win some money on the matches. Hopefully, that's exactly what will happen. With four games to choose from, including Leicester vs. Leinster, my Heineken Cup quarter-finals predictions and picks for 2022 should come in handy. At the very least, they will…

It's half-time in the last 16 of the Heineken Champions Cup as the great and good of European rugby do battle for a place in the quarter-finals. With another intoxicating weekend of knockout drama in store, we preview every game from the last 16, with all eight matches available to watch exclusively live on BT Sport. Read on for TV channel…

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…

The Heineken Champions Cup returns to centre stage again this weekend with the cream of the continental rugby crop battling to join Leinster Rugby in the quarter-finals. The four-time tournament winners have a clean sweep of wins to date this season, both domestically and in Europe, as they take on Lyon in Pool 1 at the RDS on Sundaylive on BT…

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…

Bath Rugby are way down the betting to win next season's Heineken Champions Cup and to even qualify from their pool. Todd Blackadder's charges have been drawn against reigning champions Leinster, Wasps and Toulouse in Pool 1 after being in the bottom pool of seeds. According to the bookmakers, Leinster (best price 9/4) and Premiership kings…

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…