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

Amlin Challenge Cup – Round 4 results (15/17/18.12.2011)

POOL 3 Bordeaux-Begles 15 Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo 10 HT: 5-10 Attendance: 2,000 Bordeaux-Begles: C Lopez (C Brousse 52); T Brana, J Rey (A Mailei 57), M Denetre, L Ferreres [capt]; N Sanchez, M Saubusse (H Adams 66); F Labbe (F Rofes 57), B Bethery (J Turini 19), P Toetu (A Neveu 57), A

1 million fan milestone for Toulouse

Four times Heineken Cup champions Toulouse will reach another tournament milestone this weekend when they become the first team to notch 1 million fans at their home matches in Europe’s premier club tournament. Guy Noves’ side were the inaugural winners of the competition and were also the first team to win

Next stop for the Champions: the Aviva

A Heineken Cup Pool match is set to attract a crowd of more than 40,000 for the second successive Saturday when defending champions Leinster and Bath Rugby clash at the Aviva Stadium in a key Pool 3 match as the tournament moves into the second half of the group stages. There

Dragons a real danger in own Den – Hayes

Exeter Chiefs top a massively competitive Pool 5 at the halfway stage of the Amlin Challenge Cup – but they are only one point clear of Perpignan and Newport Gwent Dragons with bonus points possibly critical in determining the group winners and automatic quarter-final qualifiers. An 18-6 Sunday night win at

Amlin Challenge Cup – Round 3 results (09/10/11.12.11)

POOL 4 Perpignan 54 I Cavalieri Prato 20 HT: 28-13 Attendance: 6,300 Perpignan: J Michel (N Laharrague 60); A Batlle (A Plante 51), R Coetzee, G Hume, J Candelon; G Bosch, D Mele (K Boulogne 51); K Pulu (J Schuster 51), C Geli (M Tincu 51), D Thiart (B Bourrust 51), G Britz

Heineken Cup – Round 3 results (09/10/11.12.11)

POOL 4 Ulster Rugby 31 Aironi Rugby 10 HT: 12-3 Attendance: 7,494 Ulster Rugby: A D'Arcy; A Trimble (S Terblanche 51), D Cave, N Spence (P Jackson 52), C Gilroy; I Humphreys, R Pienaar (P Marshall 51); P McAllister (T Court 51), R Best (A Kyriacou 70), J Afoa (A Macklin 70), J