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Moments that summed up a bizarre first weekend of European rugby on Premier Sports
There was plenty to like about the broadcaster’s coverage but there were also a couple of moments they would love to take back
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Champions Cup predictions... and how Bristol proved our expert wrong
Ahead of the European competition’s big kick-off, who are the likely winners, dark horses and potential breakout stars?
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Rugby’s never-ending quest for change is undermining the sport – the Premiership merger is madness
Desperately trying to tempt broadcasters with shiny new things, just as the Premiership booms, will eventually kill the magic of the sport
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Premiership considering merger with URC to form British and Irish league
Exclusive: English clubs understood to be leaning towards new competition without South African and Italian clubs involved
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England’s loss is Toulouse’s gain with Jack Willis playing the rugby of his life
Flanker and his Toulouse team-mates wrecked Leinster’s breakdown en route to winning a sixth European Champions Cup
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Fans may not like it, but South African teams winning boosts legitimacy for ‘European’ tournaments
South African involvement is not going to end anytime soon so all possible improvements to tournament formats should be explored
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Antoine Dupont is changing his sport just like Cruyff and Federer
Toulouse’s petit general will be a player you will tell your children and grandchildren you were privileged to watch in the flesh
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Leinster coach Jacques Nienaber exploits loophole to be a water boy in Champions Cup final
South African brings Springboks’ dark arts to his side’s match against Toulouse thanks to gap in the rules
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Leinster face similar problem to the All Blacks – handling pressure to win when it matters most
You must go back to 2018 for Leinster’s last Champions Cup title as burden of equalling Toulouse’s record five titles weighs heavy
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Inside the ‘Boksification’ of Leinster under super coach Jacques Nienaber
How World Cup-winning Springbok coach has ‘ramped things up’ as Leinster aim to contain Toulouse in Champions Cup final
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Jamison Gibson-Park is world’s most influential scrum-half – more so than Antoine Dupont
New Zealand-born scrum-half has gone from relative obscurity to arguably the most indispensable player for club and country
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The story behind biggest gaffe in European rugby history: So bad it is now a dictionary definition
Men behind famous victory – minus Clément Poitrenaud – on the try that sealed a memorable Heineken Cup triumph for Wasps
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What Premiership clubs must do to conquer Europe
After Northampton and Harlequins failed heroically in Champions Cup semi-finals, leading English sides face crucial rebuilds this summer
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Courtney Lawes’ tour de force made Leinster sweat and proved he is still England’s main man
Northampton talisman has got better with age and despite international retirement brilliant Dublin display illustrates there are few better
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Fin and Marcus Smith both have ultimate opportunity to prove a point to Steve Borthwick
Champions Cup semi-finals against Leinster and Toulouse will tell us if the England fly-halves can thrive when pressure increases
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Chandler Cunningham-South interview: I’ve barely scratched surface of my potential
Exclusive: Giant flanker has flourished at Harlequins and now has Toulouse in his sights on Sunday in Champions Cup semi
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Leinster sold out 82,000 Croke Park in hours – they are one of rugby’s biggest successes
Unprecedented success of province belies a history in which leaky portacabins and boggy pitches were commonplace
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Jack Willis turns to Marcus Rashford’s performance psychologist to reach next level
Toulouse’s gain is England’s loss as Willis revels in the pressure of taking his team to a Champions Cup final
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Northampton Saints need a trophy to justify their business model
They are the Premiership’s best-run club, but chief executive Mark Darbon says it is time to show they can win something
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Forget attacking brilliance, defence will still decide Champions Cup semi-finals
Exeter Chiefs defence coach Omar Mouneimne explains how teams are looking at ‘defensive moments’ over stopping sides scoring with attacks
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‘We were battering them – until half-time’: Leinster and Northampton’s 2011 European final revisited
Phil Dowson, Chris Ashton, Alex Waller and Luke Fitzgerald relive one of the most exciting European showpieces in history
