2013/14 European club rugby season The first in a series of five media events to launch the 2013/14 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup tournaments will be held in Paris on Monday next, 23 September 2013, at the headquarters of France Televisions. Head Coaches and captains from the seven French Heineken Cup clubs will be […]
All parties reaffirm commitment to ERC negotiations Despite recent reports, all parties involved in the formulation of a new ERC Accord, including the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) and Premiership Rugby, have reaffirmed their commitment to the process. A meeting focused solely on the negotiations will be convened by ERC as soon as practicable. It […]
Representatives of all ERC stakeholders met in London today (Wednesday, 12 December 2012) for the fourth meeting of the consultation process aimed at formulating a new Accord which will provide for the structure and format of European club rugby tournaments for the 2014/15 season and beyond. The meeting agenda included an evaluation, conducted by ERC, […]
An ERC-led consultation process to review the Shareholder Agreement which provides for the structure and format of the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup will be under way before the start of the 2012/13 European club rugby season. During the summer, ERC Chairman, Jean-Pierre Lux, and Chief Executive, Derek McGrath, will make the necessary […]
Nigel Owens will referee his third Heineken Cup final when he takes charge of this season’s showpiece European club rugby match between Leinster Rugby and Ulster Rugby at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May. CLICK HERE FOR 22 PAGE PULLOUT SUPPLEMENT Jamed With Stats The experienced Welsh official refereed the 2008 and 2009 finals won […]
Ulster Rugby 22 Edinburgh Rugby 19 HT: 13-9 Att: 45,147 Ulster Rugby: S Terblanche; A Trimble, D Cave, P Wallace, C Gilroy; P Jackson, R Pienaar; T Court (P McAllister 78), R Best, D Fitzpatrick (A Macklin 65), J Muller (capt), D Tuohy, S Ferris (L Stevenson 78), W Faloon (R Diack 73), P Wannenburg […]
The 2012/13 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup tournaments which feature Europe’s elite and emerging clubs will kick-off in October 2012 with the first of six rounds of Pool games. With 44 clubs from eight countries set to do battle for coveted European silverware, ERC announced today (Wednesday, 4 April) the key dates in next […]
With 16 clubs now chasing the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup, ERC, the governing body of European club rugby’s two tournaments, is beginning the search for the outstanding player who will follow in the footsteps of Sean O’Brien and become the ERC European Player of the Year 2012. The Leinster Rugby back row […]