European Champions Cup

Leigh Halfpenny contributed with 19 points as Scarlets completed a 29-17 win over La Rochelle at Parc y Scarlets to book a berth in the semi-final of the European Champions Cup.

Saracens have stated that they will give England international Owen Farrell time until Friday to prove his fitness ahead of the all-important European Champions Cup quarter-final clash against Leinster to be played at Aviva Stadium.

Owen Farrell will be the only player from England and Aviva Premiership named in the 15-man nominations for the European Player of the Year 2018 Award.

Munster ran a six-try riot as they went on to secure a home quarter-final berth in the ongoing European Champions Cup following a 48-3 victory over Castres at Thomond Park on Sunday.

Wasps managed to end their European Champions Cup campaign with a 26-7 victory over Ulster in the final round at Ricoh Arena on Sunday but failed to acquire a berth in the knock out stage.

La Rochelle managed to sneak into the play-off of the European Champions Cup with a 16-7 victory over Harlequins at Stade Marcel Deflandre on Sunday.

Maxime Machenaud contributed with 18 points as Racing 92 went on to edge out Leicester Tigers with a 20-23 margin at Welford Road on Sunday to make it to the play-off of the European Champions Cup.

Bath missed on the chance to make it to the play-offs in the ongoing European Champions Cup despite registering a 28-47 victory over Benetton Treviso at Stadio Comunale di Monigo on Saturday.

Saracens ran a seven-try riot as they went on to trounce their Aviva Premiership rivals Northampton Saints 62-14 in their European Champions face-off at Allianz Park.

Clermont Auvergne secured a home quarter-final berth in the European Champions Cup following a 24-7 win over Ospreys at Stade Marcel-Michelin on Saturday.

Glasgow Warriors finally managed to break their losing streak in the European Champions Cup with a 28-21 consolation win over Exeter Chiefs at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday.

France could be without Mathieu Bastareaud in the upcoming Six Nations tournament after he was cited for a direct homophobic abuse in the recently concluded European Champions Cup tournament against Benetton Treviso.

Castres came up with a clinical approach as they went on to thrash Castres 39-0 in their round five of the European Rugby Champions Cup face-off at Stade Pierre Fabre on Sunday.

Josua Tuisova starred with a double as Toulon went on to blank Benetton Treviso 36-0 to reach the top position in Pool 5 of the European Champions Cup on Sunday.

Isa Nacewa and Scott Fardy scored doubles as Leinster stormed into the quarter-final with a 55-19 victory over Leinster at RDS Arena in the European Champions Cup.

An injury to Billy Vunipola put the defending champions Saracens in trouble as they went on to draw the European Champions Cup encounter against Ospreys 15-15 at Liberty Stadium.

Northampton Saints secured their second successive win spread across all the competitions as they went on to beat Clermont Auvergne 34-21 in their European Champions Cup clash at Franklin's Gardens.

A red-card to James Haskell in the closing stage proved costly as James Chisholm scored a last-gasp try to help Harlequins edge out Wasps 33-28 in their European Champions Cup clash at Twickenham Stoop on Saturday.

A dominant second-half performance from Exeter Chiefs saw them outplay Montpellier with a 41-10 triumph at Sandy Park to keep their hopes of European Champions Cup play-off alive.

Ulster boosted their chances of a play-off berth in the European Champions Cup with a 20-13 victory over La Rochelle at Kingspan Stadium on Saturday.