The European Challenge Cup and Champions Cup finals take place this weekend, with an all-French affair in the former and the mouth-watering clash between Leinster and Saracens in the showpiece event on Saturday. I'm not sure why this is taking place now, with just one round to go in the Gallagher
European Rugby Challenge Cup
Best of the Weekend: Edinburgh secure home quarterfinal
It was simple: Edinburgh had to win. Three clubs' (including Glasgow) quarterfinal chances were riding on this, but the Scotsmen were focused more on getting a seemingly impossible home quarterfinal as well as ensuring a complete Scottish presence in the last 8 alongside the Glasgow Warriors. The match was not
European Challenge Cup 2018/19: Round 6 Predictions
Best of the Weekend: Edinburgh bag historic away win in Toulon
European Challenge Cup 2018/19: Round 5 Predictions
Here are my predictions for this weekend's Challenge Cup matches, featuring hotly-anticipated matches such as the Dragons v Timosoara Saracens. Perpignan v Bordeaux It's a dead rubber, but could this be Perpignan's first win of the season in all competitions? Exciting. Perpignan by 2 La Rochelle v Zebre The Italians are on
Best of the Weekend: Gloucester shock Exeter at home
Exeter suffered a second consecutive defeat, as they were out-muscled and out-smarted by Gloucester. The cherry and whites handled the conditions much better than the home side, Number 8 Ben Morgan was outstanding and winger Ollie Thorley extended his run of sensational performances with an unbelievable break from his own
European Challenge Cup 2018/19: Round 3 Predictions
Here are my predictions for the Challenge Cup this weekend. Pau v Worcester Picking the home team is safer here, and although Worcester have played well in this tournament, they'll be more focused on Premiership survival. Pau by 6 Grenoble v Agen Pick the home team, especially in this fixture when it's in
Heineken Champions Cup: Round 2 Talking Points
After an enthralling first round of hard-fought competitive fixtures in the Champions Cup, here are the talking points from an intriguing round two... Scottish swagger at No.10 as Racing and Glasgow turn on the style Test-quality fly-halves are like London buses. You wait years for one, and then two appear from nowhere. Scottish
European Rugby 2018/19: Round 2 Results
We'll be reviewing the highlights and main discussion points from the weekend's Rugby shortly, but for now here are the results along with the Superbru prediction percentages, showing the general consensus heading into the match. What were your highlights from the weekend's matches? Were there any particularly surprising results?