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The Latest Breaking News from Champions Cup

Champions Cup fulfils promise and serves up tasty quarter-final menu

One side of the draw features a selection of Europe’s most renowned clubs who share a combined 13 previous titles

The Guardian - UK

Ulster suffer heartbreaking Champions Cup exit as Toulouse scrape through to last eight

Ulster 23 Toulouse 30 (Toulouse win 50-49 on aggregate)

Irish Mirror

Dupont steers Toulouse past Ulster into European Cup quarters

Paris (AFP) - France captain Antoine Dupont scored a last-gasp try, converted by international teammate Thomas Ramos, to seal a one-point aggregate win for Toulouse over Ulster and bag a European Champions Cup quarter-final Saturday.

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La Rochelle, Munster into European Cup quarters

Paris (AFP) - Kiwi playmaker Ihaia West notched up 16 points as last season's losing finalists La Rochelle beat Bordeaux-Begles to line up a European Champions Cup quarter-final against Montpellier, one-point victors over English champions Harlequins on Saturday.

AFP

Bristol Bears player ratings from Sale Sharks European defeat - 'Undermined by errors'

Bristol Bears were beaten 35-29 by Sale Sharks in the second leg of the last 16 knockout round of the 2021/22 European Heineken Champions Cup

Bristol Post

Exeter star Jack Nowell stitched up on stag do as he's forced to wear Munster kit as his team-mates play Champions Cup match

His mates were not about to pass up a golden opportunity for a stitch-up on his stag do

Wales Online

Leinster's Leo Cullen relishing Leicester reunion if the Tigers finish the job against Clermont

The Blues head coach spent two seasons at Welford Road as a player in between two spells with his own province and loved the experience. Now the two clubs are poised to meet in the Champions Cup last eight

Irish Mirror

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Jono Ross’s late try helps Sale progress past Bristol in Champions Cup thriller

Sale went through to the Champions Cup quarter-finals after they won 35-29 at Bristol, handing them a 44-39 aggregate triumph

The Guardian - UK

Leicester and Ford’s focus on basics leaves Clermont seeking miracle

The fly-half said there was ‘no secret formula’ to Leicester’s revival as the French side pledged to give it their all to overturn their first-leg Champions Cup deficit

The Guardian - UK

Leinster and Connacht fans all have the same complaint about kit clash during Champions Cup encounter

Despite it also being an issue for fans in the first leg, both sides lined up in the same kits again

Irish Mirror

Ulster receive Champions Cup boost as Michael Lowry signs on for three more years

The 23-year-old from Belfast has been in sizzling form for the province and made a two-try Six Nations debut last month

Irish Mirror

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland hoping to toast birthday and Euro win with vintage Armagnac

Ulster hold a slender advantage going into Saturday's home clash with Toulouse in the Champions Cup

Belfast Live

Jamison Gibson-Park available for Leinster's Euro clash with Connacht on Friday after citing dismissed

The scrum-half was sin-binned for a high challenge on Kieran Marmion in last Friday's Champions Cup first leg in Galway

Irish Mirror

Leinster v Connacht: Time, TV channel info and more for Heineken Champions Cup clash

Leinster and Connacht will meet on Friday night and fans will be hoping for another eventful clash.

Irish Mirror

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Wales Online

Wales new cap Tommy Reffell, the special kid who makes the people of Pencoed so proud

Leicester flanker Reffell will make his Test debut against South Africa at Pretoria's Loftus Versfeld

Irish Mirror

Connacht revelling in Aviva free shot as Leo Cullen calls on Leinster fans to make stadium a cauldron

Andy Friend and Jack Carty are happy no-one still giving the westerners a chance in Champions Cup second leg clash in Dublin

The Guardian - UK

Munster’s magic has dried up and the sparkle may be hard to recapture

Going into Saturday’s Champions Cup last-16 first leg at Exeter, Ireland’s fallen giants face an uncertain future

Irish Mirror

Mack Hansen: 'Leinster should be 's****ing themselves' as hot favourites at the Sportsground

The colourful Aussie-born Ireland winger is happy to heap the burden of expectation on the four-time champs as they visit Galway's Champions Cup cauldron tonight

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Irish Mirror

Bundee Aki and Johnny Sexton return to bolster Connacht and Leinster for crunch Euro tie

The two provinces go toe to toe in the first leg of their round of 16 Champions Cup collision at the Sportsground on Friday night

Bristol Post

'Horses for courses' - Pat Lam discusses Nathan Hughes' Bristol Bears return ahead of Sale Sharks

Bristol Bears travel to the AJ Bell to take on Sale Sharks in the European Heineken Champions Cup last 16 knockout round on Saturfay

The Guardian - UK

Marcus Smith hopeful tough England trips can benefit Harlequins

Marcus Smith believes his Six Nations experiences with England have boosted his confidence that Harlequins can take the fight to Montpellier in the Champions Cup

Daily Mirror

Brian O'Driscoll lauds French rugby's time in the sun after "decade in darkness"

EXCLUSIVE: After Les Bleus continued their success with victory in the 2022 Six Nations, Brian O'Driscoll suggests it's only right French clubs are also delivering on the Champions Cup stage

Irish Mirror

Connacht without Buckley and Delahunt for Champions Cup clash with Leinster

The westerners are underdogs but are looking for a big effort at their Galway venue to set the tone for two-legged affair

The Guardian - UK

New Champions Cup format brings fresh dynamics to knockout stage

Champions Cup last-16 ties are now over two legs, which could mean more unpredictable play and results

Irish Mirror

With a fast start Connacht can beat Leinster in Europe, insists Matthew Burke

Westerners warm up for their two-legged Champions Cup collision with Leinster by taking on Benetton in the URC today

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