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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
    


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    <title>Quins trio commit to club</title>
    
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Harlequins Director of Rugby, Conor O'Shea, Head Coach, John Kingston, and Skills Coach, Collin Osborne, have re-signed for the Amlin Challenge Cup holders until the end of the 2013/14 season at least.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Webber signs for Bath</title>
    
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Rob Webber will be leaving London Wasps at the end of the season after the talented hooker signed a three-year contract with Bath Rugby.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Quins captain to lead England</title>
    
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The Harlequins skipper,Chris Robshaw, who led his club to Amlin Challenge Cup glory last season, will captain England for the first time in the RBS 6 Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Stade looking to push on</title>
    
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Last season's beaten Amlin Challenge Cup finalists Stade Francais have warned they did not put together an impressive unbeaten pool campaign in this season's competition to go out at the quarter-final stage.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Huge game for Toulon</title>
    
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Toulon team manager Tom Whitford believes his side's Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final against Harlequins will be a huge challenge.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Dates and venues for Amlin Challenge Cup quarters announced</title>
    
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One of the biggest weekends in the European club rugby calendar will kick-off with the first in a series of intriguing Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final Anglo-French contests when last season's finalists, Stade Francais Paris, host the Exeter Chiefs on Thursday, 5 April next.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Anglo-French flavour to Amlin last eight</title>
    
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The Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals have a strong Anglo-French flavour this season with Stade Francais Paris, Brive, Toulon, Biarritz Olympique, London Wasps, Exeter Chiefs and Harlequins making up seven of the last eight places. Scarlets, meanwhile, have also booked a place as Wales' representative.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Amlin a great opportunity for us - Easterby</title>
    
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The Scarlets' victory over Castres in their final pool encounter will stand them in good stead for their Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final tie against Brive according to defence coach Simon Easterby.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Reward for hard work says Baxter</title>
    
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Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter reckons their Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final trip to Stade Francais is a just reward for the hard work at Sandy Park.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Knock-out games revealed</title>
    
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The road to London and the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup Finals became clearer for sixteen sides this afternoon after the quarter-final fixtures were confirmed and the draw made for the semi-finals.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Biarritz will be tricky - Young</title>
    
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Dai Young reckons London Wasps can go all the way in the Amlin Challenge Cup but refuses to look beyond the tricky quarter-final clash with Biarritz Olympique.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Bayonne sign off in style</title>
    
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Bayonne finished their Amlin Challenge Cup campaign in style but it was not enough to seal qualification to the knockout stages.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Wasps book their place in last eight</title>
    
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London Wasps booked their place in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final a with 36-13 victory over Bordeaux-Begles at Adams Park.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Stade Francais move into last eight</title>
    
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Stade Francais finished top of Pool 1 and eased into the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final courtesy of a 33-10 victory over Worcester Warriors on Saturday evening.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Brilliant day for the club - Baxter</title>
    
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Rob Baxter has paid tribute to his Exeter Chiefs side as they made history by reaching the Amlin Challenge Cup knockout stages for the first time thanks to an emphatic win over Perpignan.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Dragons end with seven try victory</title>
    
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The Dragons ended their 2011/12 European campaign with a seven try triumph over Italian side I Cavalieri Prato.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Exeter into last eight</title>
    
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Exeter Chiefs claimed an historic win over French giants Perpignan to seal a first ever European quarter-final.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Wolves end on a high</title>
    
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Bucharest Wolves completed the double over Crociati with a bonus point victory in northern Italy.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Toulon into last eight</title>
    
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Toulon booked their place in the last eight of the Amlin Challenge Cup with a seven try victory over Petrarca Padova in Northern Italy.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Amlin Challenge Cup round-up</title>
    
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A round-up of Saturday's action in the Amlin Challenge Cup]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Lyon end with victory</title>
    
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Lyon ended their first European campaign with a 21-13 victory over Newcastle Falcons.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Watching Brive progress will hurt - Hanks</title>
    
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Sale Sharks head coach Tony Hanks has admitted it is going to hurt watching Brive in the quarter-finals after his side failed to reach the last eight.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Claassen proud of his side's effort</title>
    
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Brive captain Antoine Claassen declared he was proud of his side after leading them into the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals for the second successive season.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Brive book their place in last eight</title>
    
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Brive became the first side into the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals courtesy of a 19-9 victory away to Sale Sharks.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>3 2 to England predicts Dallaglio for Amlin quarters </title>
    
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Amlin Rugby Ambassador and former Challenge Cup winning captain, Lawrence Dallaglio, selects his Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners for ercrugby.com]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Massive match for confident Chiefs</title>
    
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Centre Jason Shoemark believes Exeter Chiefs have what it takes to book themselves a place in the last eight of the Amlin Challenge Cup this weekend.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Amlin Challenge Cup Round 6 - Pool 4 Preview</title>
    
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Exeter Chiefs and Perpignan will do battle in a winner takes all encounter when the two sides come face-to-face in the final Pool 4 clash at Sandy Park on Saturday afternoon.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Amlin Challenge Cup Round 6 - Pool 2 Preview</title>
    
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Toulon only have to get the victory in their final Pool 2 game in Italy to make sure they qualify for this season's Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Amlin Challenge Cup Round 6 - Pool 1 Preview</title>
    
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Stade Francais Paris need a losing bonus point in their Pool 1 clash against the Worcester Warriors to secure their place in this season's Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Chiefs ready for the big one</title>
    
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Exeter Chiefs face what head coach Rob Baxter calls "one of our biggest fixtures" when they go head-to-head with Prepignan in Pool 4 for a place in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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