Heineken Cup champions Leinster Rugby are unbeaten in their last 13 tournament matches but they face a massive test against French standard bearers ASM Clermont Auvergne in Bordeaux on Sunday in attempting to take that run to 14 matches without defeat. A 16-16 draw at Montpellier in Round 1 of this
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International Rugby Board Applies for .Rugby Top Level Domain Name
The International Rugby Board has announced that it is applying to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to acquire the .RUGBY generic top-level domain name (gTLD). The application is being submitted by Rugby's global governing federation to keep the .RUGBY domain within the sport for the benefit of
ACC Talking Points – Last french Four have true pedigree
The 2012 Amlin Challenge Cup semi-finalists have all contested European finals and have an impressive six Heineken Cup and two Amlin Challenge showpiece matches between them. And the star studded squads of the clubs contesting the matches in the last four at Stade Felix Mayol and Parc des Sports Aguillera contain
HC Talking Points – Leinster target a third title
Defending champions Leinster Rugby are hunting a third Heineken Cup title in four years – and bidding to become only the second club to claim back-to-back titles. Ulster Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby and ASM Clermont Auvergne will contest the semi-finals later this month along with the reigning champions. Edinburgh created tournament history last
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
ACC Talking Points – Harlequins wary of Wilkinson threat
Nick Evans is sweating on being fit to spearhead Harlequins’ Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final bid against Toulon at Stade Felix Mayol on Friday night – but the prospect of a head-to-head contest with Jonny Wilkinson is giving the former All Blacks outside half added incentive to be declared fit for