Owen Farrell hoping to be back for Saracens' Champions Cup semi-final against Clermont Auvergne
1 decade ago by The TelegraphOwen Farrell, the England fly half, hopes to make his comeback from a knee injury for Saracens’ Champions Cup semi-final against Clermont Auvergne on April 18. It was against Clermont in the final...
Farrell eyes Clermont clash
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby08 April 2015The Saracens and England international fly-half has been sidelined since suffering a knee ligament injury - during a Champions Cup pool stage defeat against Clermont - in...
FAN'S VIEW: Lack of home advantage counts against Bath Rugby...
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleBath Rugby supporter Glyn Edwards gives his take on events at The Rec. . . It has a new name for this season and a slightly different format, but the 2014-15 European Rugby Champions Cup has proved...
European Rugby Champions Cup Team of the Week: Quarter-Finals
1 decade ago by The Rugby Blog15. Nick Abendanon (Clermont Auvergne) It is testament to just how good Abendanon was at the weekend that he has been added to the list of England players abroad that could be considered for the World...
Martin Crowson's five things: Travesty of justice as Wasps bow...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryMartin Crowson looks back at five key talking points from the weekend's rugby action. 1 It got lost in the occasion of Wasps' gritty performance in Toulon, but Dai Young's men were victims of a travesty...
Disappointment should fuel Bath Rugby's Premiership title...
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleAnthony Watson hopes Bath can harness their European disappointment and use it to drive their quest for Premiership glory. The livewire full-back took no solace from an excellent personal counter-attacking...
Young support for England hopefuls
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby06 April 2015Wasps rugby director Young claimed scrum-half Simpson and centre Daly are "up against it" to convince head coach Stuart Lancaster they merit World Cup inclusion. Simpson...
Champions Cup semis decided
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comA bumper weekend of European cup action saw the semifinalists for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup decided across three days. After an enthralling set of games on Sunday, we now know that Clermont...
Watson: Pain can drive Bath on
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby05 April 2015Watson and company were left to reflect on what might have been at Dublin's Aviva Stadium as six Ian Madigan penalties gave three-time European champions Leinster a tense...
Saracens owe progress to European Champions Cup semi-finals to luck and brains after defeat of Racing Metro
1 decade ago by The TelegraphSaracens did not so much get out of jail against Racing Métro in Paris on Sunday as escape, cross the border and find themselves in a neutral country without an extradition treaty. Their last-gasp...
