Here is the full list of awarded players/squads at tonight Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards: Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season Winner: Chris Robshaw Shortlist: Brad Barritt (Saracens), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), James Scaysbrook (Exeter Chiefs), Julian Salvi (Leicester Tigers) and Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby) Land Rover Discovery of the Season Winner:
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All eyes turned to the 17th Heineken Cup
Connacht Rugby will taste Heineken Cup action for the first time next season – courtesy of Leinster winning their second Heineken Cup crown with a sensational comeback that clinched a 33-22 victory over Northampton Saints in a magnificent season’s finale at the Millennium Stadium. The extra two ERC European Ranking points
Northampton Saints V. Leinster – Most likely the Heineken Cup greatest game ever played
Certainly the 16th ERC showpiece, and the sixth staged in Cardiff, featured the greatest tournament comeback of all time. Leinster were 16 points adrift at the break, yet fought back to score 27 points without response to win the most coveted club rugby title in the world game for the second
Harlequins first club winning three Amlin Challenge Cup titles
Harlequins became the first club to win three Amlin Challenge Cup titles – and collect their passport into next season’s Heineken Cup in the process – when they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in a dramatic and frenetic finish to the 15th tournament final at Cardiff City Stadium
16th Heineken Cup Final Lineups – Leinster V Northampton Saints
Leinster: I Nacewa; S Horgan, B O'Driscoll, G D'Arcy, L Fitzgerald; J Sexton, E Reddan; C Healy, R Strauss, M Ross, L Cullen [capt], N Hines, K McLaughlin, S O'Brien, J Heaslip Replacements: J Harris-Wright, H Van Der Merwe, S Wright, D Toner, S Jennings, I Boss, I Madigan, F McFadden Northampton
Heineken Cup 2011/2012 possible qualification scenarios
Stade Français Paris will automatically qualify for the 2011/2012 Heineken Cup tournament if they win the Amlin Challenge Cup final against Harlequins at Cardiff City Stadium tomorrow (Friday) night. But if two English clubs win both ERC tournaments – Harlequins the Amlin Challenge Cup and Northampton Saints the Heineken Cup final