What’s Van Graan going to do that Bath’s other well-paid coaches couldn’t?
Whatever happens next, it already feels like the season is long beyond saving
The world according to Eddie: Jones’ greatest hits with the media
England’s head coach has made a name for himself when it comes to his sharp quips
Local club La Rochelle now pressing claims at Europe’s top table
Model old club deeply rooted in local community now boast team among Europe's best
Rugby scrambles for plan B to complete 2019-20 season
France halts major sports until September, leaving little window to resume competitions
2019-20 Champions Cup pool-by-pool guide
Gavin Cummiskey looks at the contenders ahead of the first round of Champions Cup games
Gerry Thornley: Big-hearted Simon Zebo deserves a break
Bad losers Bath in danger of losing the run of themselves with replay ‘appeal’
The Offload: Owens takes Zebo to task for finger-pointing
Former Munster man apologetic following try-scoring gesture in win over Ulster
Sponsors can toast being winners in Champions Cup U-turn
Despite talk of more commercial partners, brewer remains title sponsor once more
Gerry Thornley: It’s baby steps to begin with for Irish provinces
Champions Cup likely to be Anglo-French carve-up again with odds against Pro12 sides
Leinster line up Mike Ford to replace Kurt McQuilkin
Surprise departure of New Zealander means province must find a new defence coach
Empty seats show Champions Cup still in search of identity
The New tournament was supposed to rescue the European game. So where is everyone?
Champions Cup absence would damage Munster hugely
Anthony Foley’s side face the very bleak reality of a season outside of Europe’s elite
European Cup maulings a blow to Irish rugby’s morale
Despite being reigning champions, Ireland at a low ebb as the Six Nations beckons
Bath look set to bow out of European Champions Cup after defeat to Toulon
Late penalty from Frédéric Michalak proved just enough to save Toulon from their first home defeat in Europe’s elite competition
Eoin Reddan: Champions Cup results not all about the money
Scrumhalf believes penalties conceded not salaries cost Leinster game against Toulon
Clubs face playing midweek European games
No easy solution for organisers in the aftermath of events in Paris
Postponed European Cup games to be rescheduled ‘as soon as possible’
EPCR is currently working ‘to consider all possible fixture permutations’
Toulon match will never be played - Bath chairman Craig
‘Unacceptable, international calendar does not take into account the domestic game’
European Cup’s unique sense of occasion wins out despite final flaws
Competition retains old drama in its new guise even if it is devalued by early finish
Bath basing drive for glory on Mike Ford’s reliability
Ireland’s former defensive coach the guiding influence with Champions Cup contenders
Bath will provide Leinster with a stern test in their Champions Cup quarter-final
The English side are a different beast to when they lost by 25 points in Dublin in 2012
Gerry Thornley: Leinster should be thanked for breaking monotony of Champions Cup
Money pouring into Anglo-French rugby bodes ill for aspirations of Celtic sides in future
JJ Hanrahan’s departure to Northampton is desperately deflating for Irish rugby
Gerry Thornley: Munster kicking themselves after talent slips through fingers
Steffon Armitage could make Bath switch
The current European Player of the Year is considering leaving Toulon to further England career
As European rugby’s new dawn arrives off-field battles for control are set to continue
‘The Irish are very pragmatic. They realised what they’d had couldn’t last for ever’
Leading French figures propose O’Driscoll as president of EPCR
Player has not been approached and role with new club body would conflict with punditry work
Organisers of inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup beset by teething problems
Commercial partners have yet to be secured for the new competition while expected French TV rights deal has not yet materialised
Twickenham to host inaugural European Champions Cup final
The Stoop named as venue for Challenge Cup decider
Here’s hoping pivotal EPCR meeting comes up with some answers
It will be interesting to see if new cup competition embraces the past
European Champions Cup delayed but still on course
Hold-up chiefly down to translation issues and minor financial details with Italians
IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset’s comments look a significant development in rift
Well-placed sources maintain Pierre Camou is working assiduously toward saving the ERC-run tournament
Heineken Cup preview: Perhaps timing is right for Clermont’s final fling
Irish sides again stand in the way of Anglo-French power block
English and French bully boys can afford to play the long game
Tactics take European rugby to the brink
Unified response from Celts and Italy
Irish, Welsh, Scottish and Italian unions opposed to new Rugby Champions Cup
Anglo-French plans revealed for competition including sides from southern hemisphere
Bath owner Bruce Craig warns of legal action if new tournament is blocked
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