European Champions Cup

After 4 weeks of Autumn Internationals, Round 3 of the European Champions cup is upon us. For Englishmen and Welshmen scheduling seems madness, tired players will return to their respective clubs and regions and play back to back games against the continents best.

The second round of the European Rugby Champions Cup is now in the books and so is our XV of the weekend. As ever, let us know what you think of the team, who should have made it in and who didn’t deserve their inclusion.

Clermont Auvergne, Harlequins, Leinster and Racing Métro were the day's winners as round two of the European Champions Cup ended with four action-packed matches.

Llanelli Scarlets bounced back from defeat to Toulon to beat Leicester Tigers 15-3 in Pool Three of the European Champions Cup at Parc y Scarlets.

George North scored four tries as Northampton beat the Ospreys in Pool Five while Glasgow held on to beat Montpellier in Pool Four of the European Champions Cup.

There were away wins for Toulon and Toulouse over Ulster and Bath respectively in the day's early European Champions Cup clashes.

Munster made it two European Champions Cup wins out of two by keeping Saracens scoreless in the second half of a 14-3 win at Thomond Park.

The inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup kicked off this weekend in fantastic fashion, making all the drama and controversy around the competition last year worthwhile. We ran the rule over all the games and came up with our ERCC team of Round 1.

There were European Rugby Champions Cup wins for Leinster, Ospreys, Toulon and Toulouse as the opening round of competition drew to a close this Sunday.

A round-up of the first Saturday of action in the new European Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup competitions where there was plenty of drama and high quality rugby played.

Danny Care scored the only try of the game as Harlequins saw off a strong Castres challenge to win the opening match of the 2014/15 European Champions Cup 25-9 at Twickenham Stoop.

European Champions Cup round 1 preview: Saracens boss Mark McCall says that despite his side reaching the final of the Heineken Cup last season, this year's Champions Cup campaign could be an even harder slog.

Ahead of his side's European Champions Cup opener against Leinster, Wasps and England winger Christian Wade looks ahead to the clash and other challenges ahead for him and his team.

Harlequins boss Conor O'Shea is relishing his side's European Champions Cup opener against a "frightening" Castres side tomorrow night.

Goodbye Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup, hello European Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup. Welcome to a new era of European club rugby, but how much has really changed?

Saracens back-row forward Billy Vunipola says he is coming to terms with the "extra attention" he is receiving following his breakthrough season last year and that he just wants to keep improving.

Bath head coach Mike Ford says Steffon Armitage is unlikely to join the club as negotiations between the two parties have stalled.

Tournament organisers have announced a revised play-off format to decide the 20th and final qualifiers for next season's European Rugby Champions Cup.

The inaugural Champions Cup will kick off next month without all its major sponsors in place, one of the new European competition's key architects has admitted.

Saracens will open their European Rugby Champions Cup campaign by renewing hostilities with Clermont Auvergne, the French side they trounced to reach last term's Heineken Cup final.