Tag Archives: EPCR

EPCR, the governing body of European club rugby, have released a brief statement stating their disappointment with Saracens not attending the official launch of the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup today in Cardiff.  Today’s event in Cardiff sees all participating teams in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup represented by respective coaches and players where among other things, they …

Late last week, Bath owner Bruce Craig outlined his intention to write to the EPCR to request a replay of the Heineken Champions Cup clash between his club and Toulouse.  That game, which was famous for Freddie Burns’ failure to ground the ball for a certain match-winning try, was won by Toulouse on a scoreline of 20-22. However, Craig was …

Mourad Boudjellal has been fined by an independent Disciplinary Committee for comments which he made back in January and February of this year.  It was alleged that Boudjellal made comments that (among other things) allegedly condoned homophobic conduct, discriminated against and insulted various groups, and brought the game of rugby into disrepute by attacking, disparaging and criticising EPCR. The committee upheld these …

Heineken have been reinstated as the title sponsor for the ​European Rugby Champions Cup from the beginning of next season.

Tadhg Beirne received the award for Champions Cup try of the season after an excellent length of pitch effort led to Scarlets scoring one of the best team tries we have seen in some time. The try took place in Scarlets’ fixture with Bath at the Rec and it all began when Rhys Patchell received the ball on his own …

The ringfencing of the Premiership is very much on the cards and it seems to be a case of when rather than if the changes will be made. Ringfencing the Premiership, which would mean no promotion/relegation for a number of seasons, is not without its problems. First of all, there are 13 clubs who are Premiership shareholders, the current 12 …

There is good news being reported by The Telegraph this morning with the report that Champions Cup fixtures will be shown free-to-air next season. BT Sport secured the rights to show the competition from next season until 2022 but there is flexibility from tournament organisers to allow free-to-air broadcasters to show games as part of that deal. Sky Sports who currently …

Saracens’ rescheduled Champions Cup clash with Clermont looks set to go ahead on Monday – and fans will still be able to attend it. The game at Allianz Park was originally due to take place on Sunday, but adverse weather conditions led to its postponement. Consequently, the EPCR released a statement later that evening stating that the game would be …

In March, the EPCR released a 15-strong list of nominees for their 2017 European Player of the Year. Today, 10 of those players were dropped, as the organisation announced a 5-man shortlist. Eliminated from the running were Wasps flanker Thomas Young, Clermont Auvergne’s Noa Nakaitaci, Glasgow lock Jonny Gray, Leinster prop Tadhg Furlong, Wasps standout Joe Launchbury, Munster scrumhalf Conor …

With the finale weekend of the Six Nations behind us, attention now moves sharply back to the club game. Close on the horizon is Rugby Champions Cup action. Furthermore, the quarter-finals this year have thrown up some mammoth ties involving Europe’s rugby elite. To whet our appetite for the knockout stages, the EPCR have been drip feeding the public their nominees …

Wasps have released a strong statement in response to Connacht’s victory on Saturday evening in Galway. The home side scored a try at the death to secure victory, but this was after they had a line-out after time was apparently up. The EPCR yesterday stated that the try should not have been allowed, but nonetheless the result stood. The Premiership club …

With Northampton Saints facing the possibility of an EPCR investigation into the team they fielded against Leinster on Saturday evening, the issue of selecting perceived ‘weaker’ sides in Champions Cup fixtures has reared its head again, but is it right that teams should be forced to select their ‘best’ players? On the one hand for many outfits in the Champions …