16 May, 17:08
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14 May, 15:49
With the build-up to the Dublin 2013 European club rugby finals intensifying by the day, the four elite clubs of ASM Clermont Auvergne, Toulon, Leinster Rugby and Stade Francais Paris, who are focused on their quest for Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup silverware respectively, won't be the only clubs with Europe on their mind over the weekend of 17 and 18 May.
2 May, 18:59
Benoit August of Biarritz Olympique and Perpignan's Daniel Leo have been suspended for four weeks and two weeks respectively following citing complaints arising from last weekend's Amlin Challenge Cup semi-finals.
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16 May, 17:46
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?
16 May, 17:08
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16 May, 10:51
ASM Clermont Auvergne have been there and done that - they know just what it takes to win at the home of Irish rugby.
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17 May, 23:37
There was another dose of European disappointment for Sergio Parisse and his team but the Stade Francais Paris captain paid handsome tribute to Leinster following their 34-13 victory at the RDS.
17 May, 23:15
Now for the elusive double - that was the defiant message from Joe Schmidt after they had lifted the third European title of his reign.
17 May, 22:06
Leinster lifted a third European trophy in as many years - and a fourth in five seasons - as they turned on the style to blitz Stade Francais Paris with four tries in a 34-13 triumph at a vibrant RDS and get the Dublin finals weekend off to a flier.
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Semi-Final draws will map out route to London
21 January 2012 21:49pm
By Westgate
The draw for the Heineken Cup semi-finals will be conducted at 5.25pm today
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It will be a case of London Calling when the 17th Heineken Cup final gets under way at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May next, and the road to the English capital will be mapped out for all to see when the draw for the Heineken Cup semi-finals is made on Sunday evening.
When the final two of the 72 Pool matches conclude at Murrayfield and Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday, the line-up for the quarter-finals will be complete with the six Pool winners and the two best runners-up making up the eight clubs in the knock-out stages. The quater-final line-up pits the No 1 seeds against the No 8 seed, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5.
Those clubs confirmed as quarter-finalists to date are: Pool 1- Munster Rugby (winners); Pool 3 - Leinster Rugby (winners); Pool 4 - ASM Clermont Auvergne (winners); Pool 6 - Toulouse (winners).
The Heineken Cup semi-final draw will take place at approximately 17.25 (UK / Irish time) and will be followed by the draw for the Amlin Challenge Cup with both being streamed live on www.ercrugby.com and broadcast live on Sky Sports and on Canal Groupe's infosport + channel.
The draws will decide who the winners of each quarter-final will meet in the semi-finals. In the case of the Heineken Cup, where semi-finals are played at venues designated by ERC, the draw will also decide which clubs will have 'home country' advantage, where the semi-finalists are from different countries.
In the Amlin Challenge Cup, the semi-finals are played as home matches and the draw will decide which clubs will have a home semi-final, should they win their respective quarter-final.
With only a three week window between the quarter-finals and the semi-finals the early staging of the draw allows ERC to select potential semi-final venues in advance of the quarter-finals and for the Clubs and ERC to begin preparations and planning to maximise the semi-final fixtures.
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Finals Edition: Listen to the best guide to the European Rugby Cup Finals weekend in Dublin, which sees Leinster Rugby take on Stade Francais Paris at the RDS on Friday night in the Amlin Challenge Cup Final and then ASM Clermont Auvergne tackle Toulon in an all-French affair at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
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