Montpellier

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Montpellier announced that Scotland head coach Vern Cotter will join the Top 14 club next season.

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Harlequins number eight Nick Easter admitted that his team weren't good enough in the European Challenge Cup final against Montpellier on Friday.

Outgoing director of rugby at Harlequins Conor O'Shea praised his team's fighting performance in the European Challenge Cup final against Montpellier despite losing the game 19-26.

Montpellier dashed Harlequins hopes of giving rugby director Conor O'Shea a winning send-off by defeating the Premiership side by 26-19 at Grand Stade de Lyon to win the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

As a tribute to the death of the 20-year-old prop Seb Adeniran-Olule, a minute of silence will be observed at Grand Stade de Lyon ahead of the kick-off in the European Challenge Cup final between Harlequins and Montpellier.

Montpellier set-up a championship clash with Harlequins ahead of next month's Challenge Cup final in Lyon after powering past the Dragons 22-12 at the Altrad Stadium.

Sale Sharks succumbed to the dead-eye accuracy of the boot of Benoit Paillaugue in the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals as the scrum-half propelled Montpellier to a 25-19 triumph at the AJ Bell Stadium.

Sale Sharks boss Steve Diamond has described his team's European Challenge Cup quarter-final rivals Montpellier as "formidable opposition."

Uncapped winger Marvin O'Connor has been drafted into France's RBS 6 Nations squad.

Montpellier reached the quarter-finals of the European Challenge Cup with a bonus-point win over previously unbeaten Harlequins.

Gloucester set a record 13th consecutive Challenge Cup victory with a 27-13 triumph over Worcester at Kingsholm.

Cardiff staged a stunning comeback to claim a 37-27 bonus-point win over Montpellier to keep hopes of qualifying for the European Challenge Cup's knockout stages alive.

After declaring his interest in succeeding Stuart Lancaster as England coach, Jake White watched as his Montpellier side were beaten 41-18 by Harlequins in the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

Rugby league convert Sam Burgess will make his first start in union this weekend.

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.

With the cold snap across France waning, the 18th round of the Top 14 sees a full complement of fixtures as the battle for the play-offs and relegation heats up.

Toulouse, Clermont Auvergne and Toulon edged closer towards confirming their play-off status with victories as the 17th round of the Top 14 was affected by the cold snap that saw the France versus Ireland match postponed this weekend.

Clermont Auvergne kept up the pressure on leaders Toulouse as both sides secured away victories in the sixteenth round of the French Top 14.