European Champions Cup

Nick Tompkins scored a double as Saracens completed a 10-28 bonus point victory over Lyon to reach the quarter-final of the Heineken Champions Cup at Matmut Stadium de Gerland on Sunday.

Exeter Chiefs kept their play-off hope alive in the ongoing European Champions Cup as they went on to beat Castres 34-12 at Sandy Park on Sunday.

Scarlets finally managed to get their first victory in the Heineken Champions Cup as they completed a 33-10 bonus point victory over Leicester Tigers at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday.

Rhys Priestland kicked the decisive penalty goal in the 79th minute as Bath Rugby went on to beat Wasps 18-16 to get their first win in the ongoing Heineken Champions Cup at Recreation Ground on Saturday.

Montpellier kept their hope of play-off in the ongoing European Challenge Cup alive after they went on to trounce Newcastle Falcons 45-8 at GGL Stadium on Saturday.

Leinster came up with a clinical second half performance as they outplayed Toulouse in their European Champions Cup face-off at RDS Arena on Saturday.

Joey Carberry contributed with 26 points as Munster went on to beat Gloucester Rugby 15-41 in their Heineken Champions Cup encounter at Kingsholm on Friday.

The next two weeks in Europe will be extremely intriguing as the final two rounds of Heineken Champions Cup pool fixtures take place and Joe Harvey has selected three matches to keep an eye on this weekend.

Fijian No.8 Viliame Mata is the “talisman” that Toulon have to stop when Edinburgh Rugby visit the Stade Felix-Mayol on Heineken Champions Cup duty this weekend, according to home star Liam Messam.

Lyon lock Etienne Oosthuizen has been suspended for three weeks following his red-card incident during the recently concluded European Champions Cup clash against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium.

Castres scrum-half Rory Kockott has been handed a three-week suspension following his yellow-card incident during the recently concluded Heineken Champions Cup game against Munster.

Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has been ruled out for up to six weeks following a pectoral injury that he sustained during the recently concluded Heineken Champions Cup game against Exeter Chiefs last week.

Castres scrum-half Rory Kockott and replacement Marc-Antoine Rallier will face an independent disciplinary hearing after the duo were cited by EPCR following the recently concluded Champions Cup game against Munster on Saturday.

The English Premiership sides barring Saracens and Exeter Chiefs had a tough round four in the Heineken Champions Cup as the battle for the top eight heats up.

Here are the highlights from round four of the Heineken Champions Cup

Edinburgh put on a strong second half display as they managed to beat Newcastle Falcons 8-21 to boost their play-off hopes in the ongoing European Rugby Champions Cup at Kingston Park on Sunday.

Racing 92 came up with a scintillating performance in the first half as they went on to beat Leicester Tigers 11-34 in their European Champions Cup face-off at Welford Road on Saturday.

Leinster came up with a six-try performance to trounce Bath Rugby 22-15 in their European Rugby Champions Cup clash at Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Toulouse maintained their winning streak in the ongoing European Champions Cup competition after defeating Wasps 42-27 at Stade Ernest Wallon on Saturday.

Saracens continued their unbeaten run in the ongoing European Champions as they went on to defeat Cardiff Blues 14-26 at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.