These are your rugby headlines on Tuesday, May 7. Fear of coverage of the Champions Cup The Investec Champions Cup could disappear from regular television in Britain next season. European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), which organizes the tournament, has failed to strike a renewed deal with current broadcaster TNT Sports, the Times reports. The publication … Read more
Bulls were overrun by Northampton after leaving their star players at home for the Champions Cup quarter-final – Getty Images/Paul Harding Jacques Raynaud talks about numbers. It’s a good place to start for the affable Frenchman. Defending the reputation and credibility of the Champions Cup was probably not what he had in mind during his … Read more
Harlequins and Glasgow Warriors come to grips during a maul in their Champions Cup Round of 16 – Reuters/Peter Cziborra The maul is a bastion of rugby union, synonymous with the sport. Search an English dictionary and the entry will be one of a handful of nouns – alongside flanker, ruck and scrum – whose … Read more
Henry Slade was left out of England’s World Cup squad but is having a good season for Exeter Chiefs – Getty Images/Harry Trump Exeter Chiefs 19 Glasgow Warriors 17 Another game, another Exeter Chiefs comeback, sealed by Henry Slade. The center screenwriter is on a Champions Cup campaign and this victory over Glasgow Warriors – … Read more
Will Joseph, formerly of London Irish, now impresses with Harlequins on the European stage – Getty Images/Patrick Khachfe Picking out the positives from the 2022/23 Premiership campaign is a bit like searching a particularly filthy drain for lost keys. Losing three clubs, albeit under different circumstances, was an indelible and shameful blight on the sport … Read more