As the Pool stages of the 2011/12 Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup reach a climax this weekend and next with Round 5 and Round 6 matches in both tournaments, coveted quarter-final places are on the line. Given that calculators will be in hand at many grounds over the coming
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HC Talking Points – 100 up for Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Blues will play their 100thHeineken Cup match when they clash with London Irish at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday – but any celebrations will go on the back burner if they do not mark the occasion with a victory and move a giant step closer to quarter-final qualification. The Blues
ACC Talking Points – Dragons relish french test
The race for the prestigious Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final places is coming to the boil – with former Heineken Cup champions London Wasps and Brive in the mix to advance to the knock-out stages where the five Pool winners will be joined by three of the Heineken Cup Pool runners-up. Newport
HC Talking Points – My last eight Raphael Ibanez
Raphael Ibanez, the Heineken Cup 2011/12 Ambassador and a Heineken Cup winner with London Wasps in 2007, gives his unique take on who he believes will qualify for the knock-out stages of the 17thHeineken Cup tournament. ‘We are now getting towards the real business end of the tournament and, no matter
Heineken Cup fixtures – Rounds 5 and 6
The battle for qualification for the knockout stages of the 2011/12 Heineken Cup will resume on Friday, 13 January 2012 when Round 5 of Europe’s elite club rugby tournament gets under way with the clash of Ulster Rugby and Leicester Tigers. The Pool 4 meeting of the two former champions will
Amlin Challenge Cup Rounds 5 – 6 Dates and Kick-Offs
The race for Amlin Challenge Cup knockout stage qualification gets under way again with the all-French clash in Round 5 of Bordeaux-Begles and Bayonne on Thursday, 12 January 2012. With Bayonne just a single point behind Pool 3 leaders and two-time former champions, London Wasps, the result from Stade André Moga
