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)
Stade Toulousain
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:
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
Tolouse first club to qualify for HC quarter-finals
Toulouse are the first to qualify for the 2012 Heineken Cup quarter-finals as Pool 6 winners
Heineken Cup – Round 5 results (14/15.01.2012)
POOL 1 Munster 26 Castres Olympique 10 HT: 16-7 Attendance: 25,600 Munster: D Hurley; J Murphy, K Earls, L Mafi (D Barnes 77), S Zebo; R O'Gara (I Keatley 73), C Murray (T O'Leary 65); W du Preez (M Horan 72), D Varley (D Fogarty 72), B Botha (S Archer 73), D Ryan,
Heineken Cup – Round 4 results (16/17/18.12.2011)
POOL 2 Edinburgh Rugby 19 Cardiff Blues 12 HT: 19-3 Attendance: 4,384 Edinburgh Rugby: C Paterson; L Jones, N De Luca, J King (M Scott 74), T Visser (T Brown 74); G Laidlaw [capt], M Blair; A Jacobsen (K Traynor 79), R Ford (S Lawrie 74), G Cross (J Gilding 64), G Gilchrist