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The Latest Breaking News from La Rochelle

Today's rugby news as story emerges of Phil Bennett saving Shane Williams

The latest rugby news stories from Wales and beyond today

Wales Online

Toulouse beat European champions La Rochelle to reach French final four

Toulouse (France) (AFP) - Toulouse reached the last four of the French Top 14 by beating recently-crowned European champions La Rochelle, 33-28, on Saturday.

AFP

Leo Cullen laments end of Leinster's season after shock Bulls loss

It has taken just three weeks to rip the heart out of his players' nine-month effort

Irish Mirror

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Today's rugby news as Ben Youngs faces emotional moment after family tragedy and Leinster stunned

The latest rugby stories today from Wales and the wider world

Wales Online

Premiership semi-finals: home bankers or more knockout surprises?

Tigers and Sarries are favourites, but Saints’ brilliant backs and Quins’ 2021 heroics mean nothing can be taken for granted

The Guardian - UK

Castres, Montpellier in Top 14 semi-finals, La Rochelle, Toulouse in play-offs

Paris (AFP) - Castres and Montpellier qualified directly for the Top 14 semi-finals on Sunday with defending champions Toulouse and newly-crowned European champions La Rochelle going into the play-offs.

AFP

Today's rugby news as Wales captain Dan Biggar addresses his future and admits end of an era looms 'for us 30-year-olds'

These are some of the stories making the headlines

Wales Online

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Rugby evening headlines as Welsh stars set for Premiership finale and Louis Rees-Zammit named in team of the year

Here are your rugby evening headlines for Friday, 3 June

Wales Online

Leinster v Glasgow Warriors date, kick-off time, TV and Stream info, team news, betting odds and more

The sides clash in the quarter finals of the United Rugby Championship this weekend

Irish Mirror

Ronan O'Gara on silencing critics who thought he was out of his depth at La Rochelle

The Corkman has silenced the critics after overcoming a tough start to his triumphant first season as La Rochelle's new head coach

Irish Mirror

European rugby shakes up cup competitions with South African entry

Paris (AFP) - A South African team could succeed La Rochelle in lifting the European Champions Cup trophy in 2023 after it was announced on Thursday that five franchises from the country will compete in the European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup from next season.

AFP

La Rochelle were ready for Ronan O'Gara's demands, says Munster's Conor Murray

The veteran Reds scrum-half is still hunting for silverware with Munster as he looks forward to Friday night's big URC quarter-final clash at Ulster

Irish Mirror

Inside Ronan O'Gara and Johnny Sexton's rivalry through the years following Champions Cup clash

They have cemented themselves as two of Irish rugby's greatest ever outhalves, but Ronan O'Gara and Johnny Sexton did not always see eye to eye

Irish Mirror

Let's not bother talking up Glasgow Warriors' and Edinburgh's URC quarter-final play-off chances - Martin Hannan

IT won’t make me popular in rugby circles in Edinburgh and Glasgow, but I simply can’t see either of our professional sides winning their URC…

The National (Scotland)

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Irish Mirror

Inside the family life of rugby legend Ronan O'Gara - wife, five kids and mother admission

Here's all you need to know.

Belfast Live

Premier Sports pundit Stephen Ferris has a 'sizes' concern for Ulster ahead of URC play-offs

Dan McFarland's men face Munster in the quarter-finals on Friday night

Irish Mirror

Rob Kearney claims Leinster will hurt 'for a long time' after last-gasp Champions Cup loss

The Blues were beaten in the last moments by La Rochelle and their former great full-back believes Leo Cullen will now have to change selection strategy for this week's URC quarter-final

Irish Mirror

'Crazy Irishman' Ronan O'Gara explains how he turned La Rochelle into Champions Cup winners

The Corkman's CV is now topped by his status as a Europe-conquering head coach and he is thankful for all the support he received at home ahead of the final against Leinster

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The Independent UK

The sporting weekend in pictures

There was joy in Madrid, but a double dose of misery in Huddersfield.

The Guardian - UK

La Rochelle’s Champions Cup triumph underlines strength of French rugby

Victory against Leinster in the final in Marseille is another illustration of how the game is booming across the Channel

Wales Online

Rugby evening headlines as another released regional player joins England exodus and Wales Sevens are hammered

Here is the rugby bulletin from Wales and beyond on the evening of Sunday, May 29

Irish Mirror

Ronan O’Gara celebrates La Rochelle’s shock last-gasp Champions Cup triumph

A last minute try broke Leinster's hearts

Radio France Internationale

La Rochelle win the war in the trenches to clinch European Rugby Cup

The match ended with an epic series of battles on the Leinster line as La Rochelle, trailing by four points, went looking for the winning try. The Irishmen defended heroically but La Rochelle stuck to their task and finally broke through the blue barrier to claim their first European title…

AFP

O'Gara trumps Sexton in Euro final subplot

Marseille (AFP) - Ronan O'Gara had the last laugh as the former Ireland fly-half coached La Rochelle to European Champions Cup victory over a Leinster side skippered by his successor Johnny Sexton.

Wales Online

Sunday rugby news as top pundit hits out over South Africa entry into European Cup and warns they'll join Seven Nations

Your rugby bulletin for Wales and beyond on Sunday May 29

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