Five nations will contest the Heineken Cup quarter-finals in April for the first time since the 2003/04 tournament – and for only the second time in the 17 seasons of elite European club rugby. On a drama-packed final weekend of make-or-break Pool stage matches Edinburgh Rugby became the first Scottish club
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Heineken Cup 2011/2012 SemiFinals draw and schedule
The draw for the Heineken Cup 2011/12 semi-finals was made in Cardiff this evening. HEINEKEN CUP SEMI-FINALS (To be played 28 / 29 April) The winner of the first named quarter-final in each semi-final pairing will have home country advantage. Semi-final 1: Saracens or ASM Clermont Auvergne v Leinster Rugby or Cardiff Blues Semi-final
Heineken Cup 2011/2012 Quarter Final qualifiers/pairings and schedules
The qualifiers and their rankings for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals are: 1 Munster Rugby 2 Leinster Rugby 3 Edinburgh Rugby 4 Saracens 5 ASM Clermont Auvergne 6 Toulouse 7 Cardiff Blues (Best Pool runner-up) 8 Ulster Rugby (Second best Pool runner-up) The quarter-final matches, to be played the weekend of 6 / 7 / 8 April, will be: (1)
Heineken Cup 2012 – Munster, Leinster, Clermont, Saracens and Edinburgh to the Quarter Final along with Toulouse
Along with Toulouse (already qualified as Pool 6 winners), Munster, Leinster, ASM Clermont Auvergne, Saracens and Edinburgh have qualified for the 2012 Heineken Cup quarter-finals, respectively, as Pool 1, Pool 3, Pool 4, Pool 5 and Pool 2 winners.
Heineken Cup – Round 6 results (20/21/22.01.2012)
POOL 6 Connacht Rugby 9 Harlequins 8 HT: 9-5 Attendance: 5,420 Connacht Rugby: G Duffy [capt]; F Vainikolo, K Tonetti, H Fa'afili, T O'Halloran; N O'Connor, P O'Donohoe; B Wilkinson (D Buckley 68), A Flavin (E Reynecke 58), R Loughney (D Rogers 77), M Swift, M McCarthy, J Muldoon, R Ofisa, G Naoupu Scorers:
HC Talking Points – London Calling as Semi Finals draw maps out road to Twickenham
It will be a case of London Calling when the 17th Heineken Cup final gets under way at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May next, and the road to the English capital will be mapped out for all to see when the draw for the Heineken Cup semi-finals is made
RBS 6 Nations Talking Points – Five scottish in the “Amlin Opta Index” Best Squad
After five rounds of the main European competitions already played, Scotland lead the way as the "Amlin Opta Index" 6 Nations Top Country's performing players. Moreover: four of those five players come from the same Team (Edinburgh), the fifth is from Glasgow Warriors. Amongst them four are forwards and one