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,
Edinburgh Rugby
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
Edinburgh Rugby hooker Ross Ford new Scotland Captain
Ross Ford, the 27-year-old Edinburgh Rugby hooker, was today appointed Scotland captain for the opening match of the RBS 6 Nations Championship – against England at Murrayfield on Saturday week. Ford, the 53-times-capped product of Kelso High School and a British and Irish Lion in South Africa in 2009, was
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 – 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:
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