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Sale out of Europe
Sale's European campaign was ended as their 19-13 Heineken Cup defeat to Toulouse at Edgeley Park saw them miss out on an Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final place. read...
Blues salvage European ambition
Cardiff Blues' Heineken Cup dream may be over for another season but the emphatic 45-20 victory at Harlequins means they at least remain in European competition. read...
Home tie for Biarritz
Biarritz clinched a home tie in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals following a second-half demolition of Glasgow Warriors helped them to a 41-20 victory. read...
Gloucester bag Amlin spot
Gloucester gained the consolation prize of a place in this season's Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals after ending their Heineken Cup campaign with an emphatic 32-23 win over Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade. read...
Scarlets keep Euro hopes alive
The Scarlets kept themselves firmly in the frame to reach the quarter-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup following a thrilling 20-17 Heineken Cup Pool Six victory at Brive. read...
Sexton drop denies Exiles
Jonathan Sexton landed a levelling drop-goal with two minutes remaining to knock London Irish out of the Heineken Cup and earn reigning champions Leinster a home quarter-final following an 11-11 draw. read...
Stade secure last-eight spot
Stade Francais gained the losing bonus point they needed to reach the Heineken Cup quarter-finals despite being outmuscled in going down 9-7 to Edinburgh at a sodden Murrayfield. read...
Ulster out despite Bath victory
Ulster pulled off a famous 28-10 Heineken Cup victory at the Recreation Ground, their first in England, but just failed to qualify from Pool Four. read...
Clermont claim quarter-final berth
Clermont Auvergne booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup with an emphatic 59-20 win over Viadana in Italy. read...
Ospreys dump out Leicester
Leicester crashed out of the Heineken Cup - and ensured an all-time low for English teams in European club rugby's blue riband competition after a 17-12 defeat at Ospreys. read...
Tincu grabs double in Perpignan triumph
Perpignan overpowered Treviso 34-6 to gain revenge for their defeat back in October. read...
Munster survive Saints test
Munster survived an intense examination from Northampton at Thomond Park to book a 12th successive quarter-final appearance and leave Saints sweating on Heineken Cup survival following the 12-9 result. read...
Toulouse into last eight
Toulouse have qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals following a convincing 33-21 bonus-point win over Harlequins read...
Northampton crush Perpignan
Northampton will go to Munster next weekend knowing victory will send them into the Heineken Cup quarter-finals after they dismantled Perpignan 34-0. read...
Exiles' European hopes in balance
London Irish suffered a demoralising 31-22 defeat against Scarlets at Parc-y-Scarlets that threatens to leave their Heineken Cup quarter-final hopes in tatters. read...
Rusty Leinster see of Brive
Brian O'Driscoll bagged a last-minute bonus point for an off-colour Leinster as they overcame a stubborn Brive side 27-10 at the RDS. read...
Sale hopes hang by thread
Sale's Heineken Cup quarter-final hopes were left hanging by a thread after they were battered 36-19 by Cardiff Blues. read...
Ospreys hopes hang in balance
The Ospreys qualification hopes in the Heineken Cup hang in the balance following a humbling 27-7 defeat to Clermont Auvergne. read...
Biarritz claim last-eight spot despite defeat
Biarritz secured a Heineken Cup quarter-final place at Gloucester despite going down 23-8 to the Cherry and Whites at Kingsholm. read...
Hamilton try brace inspires Leicester
Scott Hamilton was again Viadana's nemesis as Leicester kept their Heineken Cup Pool Three aspirations alive with a 47-8 victory. read...
Treviso no match for Munster
Munster ran in six tries to comfortably beat Treviso 44-7 in their Heineken Cup encounter at Stadio Comunale di Monigo. read...
Bath's European adventure over
Bath were dumped out of Europe as Julien Arias' brace of tries earned Stade Francais a hard-fought 15-13 victory in Paris. read...
Warriors squeeze past Dragons
A second-half try from Fergus Thomson proved enough to see Glasgow edge out Newport Gwent Dragons 29-25 in an entertaining Heineken Cup clash at Firhill. read...
Ulster claim crucial win
Ulster maintained their hopes of qualification for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with a vital 21-13 victory in the Pool Four clash with Edinburgh. read...
Munster claim historic Perpignan win
Munster recorded one of the finest away victories in Heineken Cup history with a thrilling 37-14 bonus-point win at Perpignan. read...
Ulster suffer Stade Francais loss
Stade Francais seized the initiative in Heineken Cup Pool Four as they recorded a 29-16 victory over Ulster at Stade Jean Bouin. read...
Sharks fight back for Quins triumph
Sale proved they are a team for all seasons after overcoming Harlequins 21-17 in driving snow to maintain their hopes of reaching the Heineken Cup quarter-finals. read...
Gloucester rally to beat Warriors
Gloucester produced a devastating second-half to come from behind and beat Glasgow Warriors 19-6 in a Heineken Cup Pool Two clash at Kingsholm. read...
Tigers boost last-eight hopes
Leicester boosted their hope of a Heineken Cup quarter-final place with a hard-earned 20-15 Pool Three victory over Clermont Auvergne at Welford Road. read...
Leinster brush aside Scarlets
Leinster kept pace with chief rivals London Irish at the top of Pool Six as they warmed up a chilly RDS with a seven-try 39-7 dismissal of the Scarlets. read...
Armitage shines on Exiles return
England star Delon Armitage made a try-scoring return from shoulder surgery as London Irish completed another demolition job of French strugglers Brive with a 34-13 victory. read...
Saints hold off Treviso
Northampton Saints claimed a narrow 21-18 victory against Benetton Treviso after withstanding a late comeback from the Italians. read...
Ospreys hit Pool Three summit
Ospreys made it back-to-back bonus-point victories over Viadana as they climbed to the top of Heineken Cup Pool 3 with a 45-19 win. read...
Blues European hopes suffer blow
Cardiff Blues saw their Heineken Cup hopes dented after Toulouse cruised to a convincing 23-7 win in Pool Five. read...
Yachvili inspires Biarritz
It was the Dimitri Yachvili show at Llanelli's Parc-y-Scarlets as Biarritz eased to a 26-8 victory in this Heineken Cup Pool 2 match which had been postponed from Friday night. read...
Edinburgh keep Euro hopes alive
Edinburgh gained revenge and got a 9-6 win they needed to keep their European hopes alive into the New Year in a disappointing game where neither side threatened a try. read...
Bad weather hits Heineken Cup
Friday night's Heineken Cup clash between Newport Gwent Dragons and Biarritz has been postponed. read...
Care escapes extra RFU punishment
Harlequins and England scrum-half Danny Care will not face any further disciplinary action from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for his dangerous tackle on Leeds' Rhys Oakley on December 4. read...
Dupuy faces hearing into gouging charge
France scrumhalf Julien Dupuy will find out at a disciplinary hearing Thursday whether he will be banned for gouging an opponent's eyes at the weekend. read...
Bath battle past Edinburgh
Bath clung on to claim their first victory in the Heineken Cup with a 16-9 triumph over Bath but they still need to win all their remaining games, and get help from elsewhere, to progress from Pool Four. read...
Clermont cut through Leicester
Leicester suffered an emphatic 40-30 Heineken Cup defeat after Clermont secured a bonus point success at Stade Marcel Michelin. read...
Biarritz batter Dragons
Biarritz blitzed Newport Gwent Dragons 49-13 to confirm their credentials as major Heineken Cup contenders this season. read...
Sale derail Quins bid
Sale blew a massive hole in Harlequins Heineken Cup campaign, winning a thrilling encounter at The Stoop 29-19. read...
Homer on song in Exiles win
Tom Homer struck twice as London Irish boosted their qualification hopes with a 36-3 victory over Brive in Pool Six of the Heineken Cup. read...
Leinster end Scarlets unbeaten run
Defending champions Leinster are back in the hunt for a quarter-final place in the Heineken Cup after a 32-7 bonus-point victory over the previously unbeaten Scarlets at Parc y Scarlets. read...
Blair boots Blues to victory
Ben Blair booted the Blues to a vital 15-9 Heineken Cup victory as French giants Toulouse were felled at Cardiff City Stadium. read...
Botes Tobias © Gallo ImagesSaints battle back for victory
Northampton fought back from a 10-point deficit to record a bonus-point 30-18 Heineken Cup victory over Treviso. read...
Ulster end Stade unbeaten run
Ulster inflicted a first Heineken Cup defeat of the campaign on Stade Francais and the 23-13 victory throws qualification from Pool 4 potentially wide open with both sides due to meet again next weekend read...
Ospreys put Viadana to the sword
The Ospreys hit top spot in Pool Three of the Heineken Cup with a convincing 62-7 bonus-point triumph over Viadana. read...
Munster edge to victory
Munster showed their mettle as they recovered from conceding a late try to wrestle back the points and beat Heineken Cup Pool 1 opponents Perpignan 24-23 at Thomond Park. read...