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Rugby on course for 2028 Club World Cup
European chiefs reveal there is ‘real warmth’ towards tournament amongst northern and southern hemisphere sides
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Brian O'Driscoll: 'Leinster must win the Champions Cup – no one cares about making finals'
Exclusive: Former Leinster captain who won three Heineken Cups believes it is do or die against La Rochelle in Saturday's final
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Champions Cup to move to four-pool format next season
Exclusive: Current format involving two 12-team conferences has been criticised for being too complicated
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Champions Cup could cut English contingent to ensure it remains 'pinnacle competition'
EPCR will change the format for the tournament from 2024/25 with Premiership sides not guaranteed to retain eight places in it
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Five reasons Leinster-Toulouse could be the best game of club rugby you have ever seen
This clash of the titans has all the ingredients to be an all-time great game – it can be viewed as another Ireland vs France match
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How hulking Will Skelton became a Champions Cup giant
Rugby union is a game of controlling rhythm and the La Rochelle lock does this masterfully
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to host next season's European rugby finals
Exclusive: Having had to give up its hosting of Heineken Champions Cup final in 2021 and 2023, EPCR awards both to Spurs in 2024
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Jack Nowell fined £10,000 for red card tweet and told to take referee's course
England wing is available for Exeter’s Champions Cup semi-final after escaping a ban following criticism of a referee on social media
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How Saracens can become a European power once more
Overmatched in La Rochelle: where do Saracens go from here if they want to get back to Europe's top tier?
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Champions Cup team of the weekend: Sam Simmonds leads trio of Exeter Chiefs after quarter-final rout
Five Toulouse players join four from Leinster and three apiece from La Rochelle and the sole Premiership survivor in our European select XV
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Leinster’s route to Champions Cup glory has been handed to them on a silver platter
We could see the European powerhouse win the continent’s top trophy whilst playing all their knockout games in Dublin
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Knee injury is blow to Billy Vunipola's World Cup chances
Plus: Levani Botia dominates Saracens - so how do Exeter stop him in the semi-final?
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Exeter Chiefs rebuilding project looks ahead of schedule as they thrash Stormers
Rob Baxter’s side have surpassed all expectations as they set up a Champions Cup semi-final against La Rochelle or Saracens
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Five factors that make Leinster formidable
Leinster’s rounded performance against Leicester Tigers shows how many bases they cover as a team
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Champions Cup has lost its fizz – so do not blame South African clubs for spicing it up
With Sharks and Stormers in Saturday’s quarter-finals, there is little argument they have not improved the quality of the competition
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Two Champions Cup wins this weekend would put English rugby in dreamland
Leicester, Saracens and Exeter can strike a blow for the beleaguered Premiership in the European quarter-finals
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Time is running out for World Rugby to sort out red card confusion
With the World Cup just months away governing body has to iron out the many issues when dealing with head contact in high-speed collisions
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Watch Rhys Webb's moment of madness that proves costly as Saracens survive scare
Plus why Ben Earl deserves an England recall as Saracens clinched a 35-20 victory against Ospreys in the Champions Cup
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Sam Simmonds the hero, Zach Mercer the villain as Exeter progress in match for the ages
England No 8 Simmonds excelled for Exeter in a thrilling encounter
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Marcus Smith comes off second best as Harlequins leave it too late to shock Stormers
England fly-half grew into the game and nearly helped Quins to comeback win - but hosts hold firm to progress
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Jasper Wiese the star as Leicester battle past Edinburgh to make Champions Cup quarter-final
The Tigers' barrelling No 8 scores the only try of the match as hosts make last eight for second year running
