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Hastoy is leading Champions Cup scorer

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stade Rochelais fly-half Antoine Hastoy, who helped the French club retain the Heineken Champions Cup at the weekend with the match-winning conversion, also topped the competition’s individual...

Exeter Chiefs star Jack Nowell rules himself out of England's World Cup plans

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Departing Exeter Chiefs winger Jack Nowell has confirmed he has ruled himself out of England duty ahead of the Rugby World Cup so he can focus on his move to France to join back-to-back Heineken Champions...

Grégory Alldritt voted 2023 EPCR Player of the Year

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Stade Rochelais No 8 and captain, Grégory Alldritt, has capped off an outstanding EPCR season by being voted as the 2023 EPCR Player of the Year.   A leading light in the Stade...

Match Preview: Leinster dreaming of fifth star as they take on La Rochelle again

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby will again go in search of a record-equalling fifth Heineken Champions Cup title when they take on reigning champions Stade Rochelais in the final in Dublin on Saturday.   The...

2023 EPCR Player of the Year shortlist: Antoine Dupont

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stade Toulousain scrum-half Antoine Dupont is again included on the five-man shortlist for the EPCR Player of the Year award after another superlative campaign.   The France international,...

‘The worse dressing room I’ve experienced’ – Leinster fuelled by 2022 heartbreak

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby are using the agony of defeat in last season’s Heineken Champions Cup final as motivation in the 2023 showpiece game, according to back-row forward Caelan Doris.   The...

Kerr-Barlow: La Rochelle understand ‘temperament’ required to win final

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stade Rochelais scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow says his side understand the mindset required to win a Heineken Champions Cup final after their past two experiences.   The TOP 14 side were beaten...

News ‘The worse dressing room I’ve experienced’ – Leinster fuelled by 2022 heartbreak

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Rugby are using the agony of defeat in last season’s Heineken Champions Cup final as motivation in the 2023 showpiece game, according to back-row forward Caelan Doris.   The...

Stade Rochelais’ route to the Champions Cup final

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Champions Cup holders Stade Rochelais have reached another final after steamrollering Exeter Chiefs in their semi-final. We take a look at their journey to a second successive final against Leinster...

Grégory Alldritt: La Rochelle must ‘take on the impossible’

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stade Rochelais must front up to the task of playing Leinster Rugby in Dublin in the Heineken Champions Cup final, captain Grégory Alldritt has asserted.   The Irish province will have...