The Latest Breaking News from Leinster

How a new Champions Cup campaign brings the same old problems

INVESTEC CHAMPIONS CUP: Few are happy with the competition format or calendar – but, as Harry Latham-Coyle explains, necessary changes may not be imminent

The Independent UK · Oct 16

From star signings to Cullen’s last dance: six to watch in Champions Cup rugby this season

Toulouse have added a world -class talent in Tommaso Menoncello, Northampton boast a fly-half phenom in Fin Smith while Cheslin Kolbe leads a Stormers dream team

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16

Champions Cup has a jeopardy problem: can anyone stop the Top 14 giants?

A seventh consecutive French title looks likely with lopsided odds again favouring Toulouse and Bordeaux-Bègles

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13

King of Bordeaux Lucu injects soul into triumph of a French club on the rise

Leinster could not contain a team backed by tens of thousands of French supporters chanting with exuberance

The Guardian - UK · May 23

Leinster fall short in Champions Cup again as brilliant Bordeaux triumph

Leinster 19-41 Bordeaux: The French side, inspired by Louis Bielle-Biarrey, were spectacular in Bilbao as Leinster’s hunt for an elusive fifth Champions Cup crown goes on

The Independent UK · May 23

Bielle-Biarrey doubles up as Bordeaux sink Leinster to retain Champions Cup

Bordeaux hit Leinster with a first-half blitz in the Champions Cup final giving them a 41-19 win to retain the trophy

The Guardian - UK · May 23

Leinster desperate to tear up Bordeaux’s script in Champions Cup final cauldron

With temperatures in the mid-30s expected, Leo Cullen’s side will need to be at their best to avoid another sad denouement to a French drama

The Guardian - UK · May 22

Frontrunners’ defeats hint at twists and turns to come in Prem Rugby finale

Northampton and Bath were well beaten over the weekend: will Leicester or Exeter force themselves into the top two?

The Guardian - UK · May 12

Rugby needs to stop the screen-obsessed, finger-pointing, hair-trigger arguments

Rugby is in danger of losing its integrity by howling about referees’ decisions and unedifying actions on the field under the notional banner of player welfare

The Guardian - UK · May 5

Bath boss questions why three ‘headshots’ were missed by officials in defeat to Bordeaux Begles

Johann van Graan felt Alfie Barbeary was high tackled on multiple occasions in the Champions Cup semi-final

The Independent UK · May 3