La Rochelle

La Rochelle took full advantage of two red cards from Northampton as they sealed a 31-13 victory in the fourth round of the Heineken Champions Cup at cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday.

Ahead of the new Heineken Champions Cup season getting underway, TRU’s Joe Harvey has taken a look at the restructured competition, with South African teams involved, the English involvement and favourites all picked out.

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara has re-committed his future with the Top 14 club after signing a five-year contract extension until 2027.

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara has been served a 10-week suspension for “harming the best interests of rugby”.

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara has been handed a six-week ban for disrespecting a match official in the recently concluded Top 14 game against Lyon.

La Rochelle skipper Gregory Alldritt gave credit to the club's supporters as they completed their maiden Heineken Champions Cup triumph following a 24-21 win over Leinster in the final at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille on Saturday.

Leinster wing Josh van der Flier has been named the EPCR European Player of the Year 2022 following an outstanding season.

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara said the Heineken Champions Cup triumph will be 'a great starting point for the club'.

Arthur Retiere scored a last gasp try as La Rochelle edged out Leinster Rugby 24-21 in the final at Stade Velodrome to clinch the Heineken Champions Cup.

Ahead of the Champions Cup final in Marseilles, Stade Rochelais head coach, Ronan O’Gara, spoke about the clash with Leinster, Johnny Sexton and competing on all fronts this season.

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has named an unchanged matchday squad for the Heineken Champions Cup final against La Rochelle to be played in Marseille on Saturday.

Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster said he is optimistic of the chances of Tadhg Furlong and James Lowe featuring in the upcoming Heineken Champions Cup final against La Rochelle to be played at Stade Velodrome on Saturday.

La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara lavished praise on his team's performance after they edged out Racing 92 in the semi-final of the Heineken Champions Cup with a 20-13 margin.

Racing 92 fly-half Finn Russell expressed frustration over his side's exit from the Heineken Champions Cup that came following a 13-20 defeat against La Rochelle last weekend.

La Rochelle managed to hold off Racing 92 as they reached the final of the Heineken Champions Cup for the second successive time following a 20-13 win in the semi-final at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Sunday.

Bath's late surge went in vain as they were beaten by La Rochelle with a margin of 39-21 in the third round of the Heineken Champions Cup at Stade Marcel Deflandre.

Ahead of the Champions Cup’s return this weekend, TRU’s Joe Harvey heard what some of the competition’s familiar faces had to say ahead of the big kick-off on Friday evening in Northampton.

Toulouse went on to claim their 21st Top 14 title as they went on to defeat La Rochelle in the final at Stade de France with a 18-8 margin.

Thomas to Top14, Schonert a Shark, Toulouse picking Saints and Ryan joining Stade Rochelais

Following the Champions Cup final on Saturday at Twickenham, TRU have compiled their Team of the Tournament.