Nigel Owens will referee his third Heineken Cup final when he takes charge of this season’s showpiece European club rugby match between Leinster Rugby and Ulster Rugby at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May. The experienced Welsh official refereed the 2008 and 2009 finals won by Munster Rugby and Leinster Rugby
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ASM Clermont Auvergne 15 Leinster Rugby 19 HT: 12-6 Att: 32,397 ASM Clermont Auvergne: L Byrne (R King 20); S Sivivatu, A Rougerie [capt], W Fofana, J Malzieu (J Buttin 13); B James, M Parra; L Faure (V Debaty 48), B Kayser (T Paulo 63), D Zirakashvili (D Kotze 58), J Cudmore,
HC Talking Points – Raphael Ibanez semi-finals preview
Raphael Ibanez, the Heineken Cup 2011/12 ambassador and a Heineken Cup winner in 2007 with London Wasps, believes the 17th Heineken Cup final will be an all-Irish affair. We could be in for an Irish invasion of Twickenham at next month’s Heineken Cup final. I believe defending champions Leinster Rugby and 1999
HC Talking Points – Leinster target a third title
Defending champions Leinster Rugby are hunting a third Heineken Cup title in four years – and bidding to become only the second club to claim back-to-back titles. Ulster Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby and ASM Clermont Auvergne will contest the semi-finals later this month along with the reigning champions. Edinburgh created tournament history last
HC Talking Points – Edinburgh aim for another milestone
Edinburgh Rugby will write a new chapter into Heineken Cup history when they clash with Toulouse at Murrayfield in the opening Heineken Cup quarter-final on Saturday. But while Edinburgh will have the honour of staging the first tournament knock-out match on Scottish soil, they have no intention of that being the
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HC Talking Points – Nervous time for contenders
Four of the Heineken Cup quarter-finalists tasted defeat in their domestic leagues a fortnight out from their European knockout matches – and all of them have major dress rehearsals to look forward to this weekend. Saracens are hoping to crack the 80,000 barrier for their home Aviva Premiership clash with Harlequins