HCC2025–26 SeasonChampions Cup
Club rugby's Champions League. The knockout rounds deliver the kind of drama that ruins your Saturday afternoon plans in the most beautiful way possible. Any Irish province winning this is a national occasion.
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La Rochelle land the first blow as Toulouse stumble in Top 14 opener
La Rochelle beat defending champions Toulouse 30-27 with the final kick of the Top 14 opening round.
Connacht are back at Europe’s top table. The table has teeth.
Connacht’s Champions Cup draw gives them Toulouse, La Rochelle, Saracens and Exeter. Welcome back, here is the hard road.
Ronan O’Gara to Leinster? The move Irish rugby would pretend to hate — then secretly watch every week
Leo Cullen’s exit opens the most powerful coaching seat in Irish provincial rugby. Ronan O’Gara would be the most explosive name on the shortlist — and maybe the most fascinating one.
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