Humble beginnings - 30 years of European club rugby The inaugural edition was very much the rickety Ford Model T of Heineken Cups compared to the sleek Masserati of the mid-to-late 2000s

Humble beginnings - 30 years of European club rugby (✍️@RTErugby) #Rugby #HeinekenCup #EuropeanRugby

£7m>£14m ???
#HeinekenCup

The Bloodgate Scandal: When Winning Cost Too Much Welcome, rugby enthusiasts and sports ethics aficionados. Today, we delve deep into one of rugby's darkest hours, the notorious Bloodgate scandal that rocked the foundations of professional rugby during the 2009 Heineken Cup quarterfinals.

🏉 The scandal that rocked rugby... Revisit the shocking Bloodgate incident that changed the game forever.

Fake blood, bans, and broken trust—here’s what really happened

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#Bloodgate #RugbyScandal #SportsEthics #FairPlay #RugbyHistory #HeinekenCup

Rhapsody in Blue!
52-0
Go Leinster!
@leinsterrugby.bsky.social
#leinsterrugby #rugby
#LEIVGLA #investec #europeanchampionscup #heinekencup

Rhapsody in Blue
52-0
Go Leinster!
@leinsterrugby.bsky.social
#leinsterrugby #rugby
#LEIVGLA #investec #europeanchampionscup #heinekencup

Champions Cup: Evolution or revolution? Podcast Episode · Rugby Union Weekly · 07/04/2025 · 58m

podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/r... I agree with a lot of this. But the host probably needs to also mention that it was the English club leadership who dismantled the successful #HeinekenCup and replaced it with this weak format that still exposes the English clubs in the #ChampionsCup #Rugby

Gerry Thornley: Is a slimmed down Champions Cup the answer to the competition’s woes? A revamped 18-team tournament has been proposed by France’s LNR

GT: Is a slimmed down #ChampionsCup the answer to the competition’s woes?- It might be.But let’s not forget the destruction the English organisers have delivered here. Dismantled #HeinekenCup & delivered a poor replacement. Promised huge €’s. Delivered less !! 🙄

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I have Munster scraping this one, however I can also see a pretty handy Northampton win. Always so hard to tell with these Premiership teams #championscup #Heinekencup

Gordon D’Arcy: If the Champions Cup is not changed, it will drift into obscurity Despite brilliant recent performances by Toulouse and Bordeaux, it’s clear the existing format of rugby’s top club competition does not work

If the #ChampionsCup is not changed, it will drift into obscurity..-Indeed, the clowns running this competition have destroyed the previous commercial success & the rugby product. After all their BS about the #HeinekenCup. www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...

Current European format failing to land old punch Round two of the Champions Cup provided some contrasting results last weekend, but the current format of the tournament is an inferior product compared to what we had in the classic Heineken Cup days.

Current European format failing to land old punch (✍️@RTErugby) #ChampionsCup #Rugby #HeinekenCup

The Rugby Show | Leinster & Ireland out of sync | Munster have their work cut out Podcast Episode · Indo Sport · 16/12/2024 · 49m

podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i... #ChampionsCup #Organisers have destroyed a once great tournament. The great #HeinekenCup is a distant memory .Switzerland is the home of this shambles.

The Heineken Cup was one of rugby’s success stories… the Champions Cup represents its sad decline We got to Ashton Gate with plenty of time to spare, reckoning there’d be scope to take a look at Ulster’s game in Toulouse at the stadium. We were wrong.

The Heineken Cup was one of rugby’s success stories… the Champions Cup represents its sad decline @beltel.bsky.social #Rugby #HeinekenCup #ChampionsCup

Leinster Player Ratings As They Return to Another Final 15 years apart but the same result. Leinster victors in Croke Park If there is a Croke Park factor, then it only affected one team. After a nervy start proved a leveller, Cullen and Nienaber’s Leinster kicked into gear to run out strong winners at HQ.…

Leinster Player Ratings As They Return to Another Final #HeinekenCup #Provinces #Leinsterrugby (✍️ @CaolanSRugby)

Welcome Back Old Friend, We Missed You When Croke Park hosted rugby matches Ireland was very different, so you cannot help but be excited by it’s return For those of us of a certain age bracket, rugby in Croke Park was a formative part of our youth. Albeit a cultural phenomenon in Ireland,…

Welcome Back Old Friend, We Missed You #HeinekenCup #Opinion #Provinces (✍️ @CaolanSRugby)

#HeinekenCup Round of 8

#LeinsterRugby vs La Rochelle Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

Inevitable wasn't it? Round 5 with the score 3 - 1 to the baddest of bad guys.

Too close to call so why bother trying.

Just win Leinster, just win.

Go well @leinsterrugby

Europe’s Finest Rivalry Set for Dublin Date with Destiny (Again) The European Cup in its various guises has a habit of reforming and evolving, but with similar plotlines. By luck or design, every great sporting competition the world over has a litany of enthralling rivalries. The Heineken Cup had many, including…

Europe’s Finest Rivalry Set for Dublin Date with Destiny (Again) #HeinekenCup #Provinces #Irelandrugby (✍️ @CaolanSRugby)

Analysis: Munster’s European Dream Smothered Up Front Last May was amazing, but the cornerstone for success then has been the area of most disruption this season. That is, the tight five forwards. All throughout the campaign, Munster’s injury luck has been nothing short of a twisted joke. Ultimately, to be…

Analysis: Munster’s European Dream Smothered Up Front #HeinekenCup #Munster #Irelandrugby (✍️ @CaolanSRugby)

Provinces Back on the European Road as Knock-Out Rugby Returns There’s something mystical about the sporting calendar in April. We all love the cold winter nights in packed out terraces, but that’s because the reward is even better. The days are getting longer, the weather is trying to get warmer, the television is…

Provinces Back on the European Road as Knock-Out Rugby Returns #HeinekenCup #Provinces (✍️ @CaolanSRugby)

#HeinekenCup Round of 16 -

@LeinsterRugby vs Leicester Tigers, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 8pm 6th April.

If the definition of insanity is continually doing the same thing for the same outcome Leicester need to do something radically different tomorrow.

Can they though?

Go well #LeinsterRugby

Jesus, Bristol. What have you done? #BristolvLyon #HeinekenCup

EPCR, Drogen genommen?

Letzte Saison schon lockere €15 oder €20,– für den Wochenend-Streampass haben wollen. Und jetzt nur noch Einzelspiele für €8,– anbieten?
#Rugby #HeinekenCup

(Ja, ich weiß um MoreThanSports TV und France TV)

FIFTH TRY! #HeinekenCup

I am up at an ungodly hour on a Sunday just to watch a shady stream of the Munster match. #HeinekenCup

Beautiful kick Ulster. A tied up again. #HeinekenCup

It is a good thing that Connacht didn't roll over and die, or that would have been embarrassing. #HeinekenCup

Come on Ulster. #HeinekenCup

I do hope the #HeinekenCup doesn't go down the swanny, Its good Rugby.

L'image de ce match Toulon-Saracens: Farrell et Wilkinson regardent le drop passer RT @espnscrum #HeinekenCup

Come on @Saracens!! #SaracensVsToulon #HeinekenCup

Wow, Sandy Park in Exeter looks ace under that Autumn sunset on Sky Sports 2. Packed out too. #LovelyStuff #HeinekenCup