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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
    
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    <title>Giteau targets another double</title>
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Having become the latest player to win both Super Rugby and Heineken Cup titles, Matt Giteau has turned his sights to the Top14.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:33 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Hines - We must use heartbreak</title>
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Nathan Hines has urged Clermont Auvergne to use their Heineken Cup heartbreak to clinch the Top14.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:12:40 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Armitage - Toulon must improve</title>
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Delon Armitage insists Heineken Cup kings Toulon will have to raise their game for Friday's Top14 clash with Toulouse.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:56:56 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Behind the Scenes: Heineken Cup Final</title>
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ERC TV brings you 'Behind the Scenes' at the Heineken Cup Final where Toulon defeated ASM Clermont Auvergne to win Europe's most coveted trophy.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:17:34 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Jenkins enjoys Heineken Cup glory at last</title>
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Having become only the ninth Welshman to pick up a Heineken Cup winners medal, Gethin Jenkins is now getting ready for his next challenge - holding on to his British &#038; Irish Lions Test spot.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:44:14 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Bruno is 'Golden Oldie' of Heineken Cup</title>
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The Heineken Cup season is over and the 18th final in Dublin has changed the face of the tournament once again. Here are a few facts and figures from the game itself and from the tournament records.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:28:32 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>What the papers had to say about the Heineken Cup Final</title>
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They all agreed the 18th Heineken Cup final was one of the most physical and absorbing of all-time and the media were still shaking their heads in disbelief at how ASM Clermont Auvergne failed to win in Dublin.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:35:34 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Best to captain Ireland tour squad</title>
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Ulster Rugby hooker Rory Best - disappointed to miss out on selection for the British &#038; Irish Lions tour squad - will captain Ireland on their North America tour this summer.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:07:42 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Jonny Wilkinson named as ERC European Player of the Year</title>
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Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon) has been named ERC European Player of the Year 2013. The prestigious award crowns an outstanding season for the out-half who led the French club to a dramatic Heineken Cup final victory over ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:05:25 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>24 Heineken Cup contenders now confirmed</title>
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Following the epic Dublin 2013 finals which featured Heineken Cup success for Toulon and an Amlin Challenge Cup victory for Leinster Rugby, there was good news on the qualification front for Perpignan and Connacht Rugby who both secured places in the 2013/14 Heineken Cup.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:58:11 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Jonny - we are not finished yet</title>
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No sooner had he lifted the Heineken Cup than Jonny Wilkinson switched his focus on to the next task - trying to keep Toulon on course for a European Cup and Top 14 double.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:07:50 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Our defence won it - Laporte</title>
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Bernard Laporte celebrated Toulon's 21-year wait for another trophy - but admitted he had had his doubts they would go on and lift the Heineken Cup when ASM Clermont Auvergne went nine points clear with over half an hour to play.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:59:34 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Jonny was never going to miss - Armitage</title>
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Delon Armitage scored Toulon's match-winning try - but never had a doubt that Jonny Wilkinson would kick the conversion that would give them the lead for the first time with just minutes to spare.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:33:27 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Toulon are champions - and paint Dublin red</title>
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Toulon are the Heineken Cup champions - but they had to come back from a nine-point deficit to stun ASM Clermont Auvergne with a 16-15 victory built on sheer never-say-die grit and determination.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>A truly global affair</title>
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The 18th season of European club rugby has reached its climax and Derek McGrath, Chief Executive of ERC, looks back at the development of both the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup tournaments and ahead at the challenges faced.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:18:10 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Now O'Gara joins Racing Metro 92</title>
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Ronan O'Gara - the Heineken Cup record points scorer - has called time on his glittering playing and is to join Racing Metro 92 as the French club's half backs coach.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:58:54 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Heineken Cup Final Pre Match Press Confernces</title>
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Get the final words pf both coaches and captains ahead of the biggest club game of their careers. Press Confernce with Toulon and ASM]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:06:34 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>European glory awaits</title>
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ASM Clermont Auvergne or Toulon - who will be crowned champions of Europe at the Aviva Stadium and become the 10th club to lift the Heineken Cup at the climax of European club rugby's big Dublin weekend?]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:46:56 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>It will be good to be back - Fofana</title>
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ASM Clermont Auvergne have been there and done that - they know just what it takes to win at the home of Irish rugby.]]></description>
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Toulon lock Nick Kennedy is poised for "the biggest club game of my career" and a showdown with the second row pairing he rates the best in European club rugby's elite tournament.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:25:05 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Hines returns to his old Heineken stamping ground</title>
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Nathan Hines, one of only two players in ASM Clermont Auvergne's ranks who have Heineken Cup winners' medals to their names, perhaps not surprisingly believes that Saturday's final against Toulon at the Aviva Stadium has all the makings of a massive physical confrontation.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:18 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>This is the big one - Azema</title>
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The tension is being racheted up by the second for what ASM Clermont Auvergne assistant coach Franck Azema calls "our most important match of the year."]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:18:41 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>France set to win numbers game</title>
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France are poised to go out in front in the numbers game - courtesy of two French clubs contesting the 18th Heineken Cup final.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:44:37 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Tour call for host of finalists</title>
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Almost a third of the French squad selected for the three-Test tour of New Zealand next month are drawn from Saturday's Heineken Cup finalists.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:57:18 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title>Fofana so special - King</title>
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Double Heineken Cup winner Alex King believes that Wesley Fofana could be ASM Clermont Auvergne's trump card in the all-French final against Toulon at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.]]></description>
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    <title>The golden oldies - and counting</title>
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Who said professional rugby is a young man's game? A year on from All Black World Cup winner Brad Thorn entering the record books as the oldest player to win a Heineken Cup winners medal at 37 yrs, 3 mths, 16 days old there are two candidates to smash his record in Dublin this weekend.]]></description>
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    <title>Back us - James call</title>
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Brock James is hoping ASM Clermont Auvergne can convince some of Dublin's floating rugby voters to back his team as they bid for Heineken Cup glory at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.]]></description>
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    <title>Howlett forced to retire</title>
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Heineken Cup winner and current Munster squad captain Doug Howlett will retire from professional rugby at the end of this season.]]></description>
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    <title>Clermont must be squeaky clean - Byrne</title>
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ASM Clermont Auvergne must be "squeaky clean" if they are to avoid the damage the boot of Toulon's ace marksman Jonny Wilkinson can do in the high profile final at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.]]></description>
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    <title>Debut Dublin delight - and despair</title>
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There will be debut Dublin delight and debut Dublin despair in around equal measure when the final whistle goes at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening to bring the curtain down on the prestigious 18th tournament final.]]></description>
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    <title>D-Day for key trio</title>
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Thursday is D-Day for injured ASM Clermont Auvergne stars Aurelien Rougerie, Gerhard Vosloo and Daniel Kotze.]]></description>
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    <title>Toulon'squad looking forward to their first Heineken Cup Final</title>
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    <title>Two weeks to go - Excitement is building in the Clermont's squad</title>
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    <title>I keep trying to get better - Wilkinson.</title>
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Jonny Wilkinson gives ERC TV his verdict on Toulon's win in Twickenham against Saracens. He scored all 24 points for his side and says he keeps trying to get better.]]></description>
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    <title>Saracens heading back to Twickenham</title>
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Saracens will return to Twickenham Stadium at the end of the month for the Heineken Cup semi-finals after beating Ulster at the home of English rugby.]]></description>
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    <title>Harlequins target debut semi-final</title>
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Recent form for both clubs has been patchy, with Munster conceding more than 50 points in Glasgow last weekend and English champions Harlequins losing three in a row but expect both clubs to bring their "A" games to the Twickenham Stoop for Sunday's quarter-final showdown.]]></description>
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    <title>Toulon are favourites - Cockerill</title>
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Richard Cockerill knows the odds will be stacked against his side when they travel to Toulon, but the former England hooker has always relished a fight.]]></description>
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Benetton Treviso recorded their first win in the Heineken Cup in nine games with this hard-fought 17-14 victory over the reigning Pro12 champions, the Ospreys, at Stadio Comunale di Monigo.]]></description>
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Leicester Tigers are through to the knock-out stages for the 11th time after a thrilling and full-blooded 9-5 victory over Toulouse in front of a capacity 24,000 strong Welford Road crowd.]]></description>
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A decade on from their last miraculous escape from the Heineken Cup Pool stages into the quarter-finals Munster did all they could to re-join European rugby's top eight.]]></description>
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Saracens booked their place in the quarter-finals with this bonus point 40-7 victory over Edinburgh Rugby in the swirling snow at Vicarage Road.]]></description>
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Reigning champions Leinster got the bonus-point victory they needed over Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park to keep their chances of defending their title alive for the time being.]]></description>
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Toulon had already qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals but this 23-3 defeat by Montpellier saw their fellow French side in the Pool also qualify for the knock-out stages as one of the two best runners up.]]></description>
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Cardiff Blues have had a campaign to forget - but at least they finished on a high with their first tournament win with a 26-14 victory over Sale Sharks at the Arms Park.]]></description>
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Northampton Saints were bundled out of European club rugby's 18th Heineken Cup at Scotstoun Stadium as Glasgow Warriors notched up their first win of the campaign and ended any faint Saints hopes of ongoing interest.]]></description>
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The Ospreys will still be reeling from their failure to make the last eight of the Heineken Cup after their 15-15 draw to the Leicester Tigers was not enough to keep them in the tournament.]]></description>
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Former champions Leicester Tigers and Toulouse meet in a winner-takes-all Sunday showdown at Welford Road for a prestigious quarter-final place.]]></description>
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Saracens may still have to qualify for the quarter-finals but their destiny is very much in their own hands when they face Edinburgh Rugby at Vicarage Road on Sunday.]]></description>
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Cardiff Blues have no chance of a Heineken Cup or Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final but they have it all to play for when they play hosts to Sale Sharks at the Arms Park.]]></description>
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