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The tenth Heineken Cup final saw the inaugural champions Toulouse battle with rising stars Stade Français when Murrayfield was the first Scottish venue to host the final. [7] Fabien Galthié 's Paris side led until two minutes from the end of normal time before Frédéric Michalak levelled the contest for Toulouse with his first penalty strike.
The European Rugby Champions Cup is an annual rugby union competition for European clubs whose countries compete in the Six Nations Championship.Introduced in 2014, the competition replaced the Heineken Cup, which had been run by European Rugby Cup (ERC) since 1995, following disagreements between its shareholders over the structure and governance of the competition.
Both Leinster and Saracens entered into the 2019 final with significant championship pedigree, having won six of the past ten top-tier European cup tournaments between them. Defending champions Leinster, who shared the accolade of most wins in tournament history (four) with Toulouse , had previously won the title in 2009 , 2011 , 2012 and 2018 ...
The 2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) [1] was the seventh season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual club rugby union competition run by European Professional Club Rugby (ECPR) for teams from the top six nations in European rugby. It was the 26th season of pan ...
The final was contested by Leinster and La Rochelle, and a repeat of the 2022 Final which La Rochelle won 24–21. [1] [2] The Aviva Stadium was the host venue of the final, just the second time it has hosted the game having also been the venue in 2013. The match referee was Jaco Peyper, the first South African to referee the European showpiece ...
The 2018 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-third European club rugby final in general. Irish club Leinster defeated French club Racing 92 in the final [ 2 ] played in Bilbao , Spain — the first time it was contested outside one of the Six Nations countries.
The 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup is the tenth season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual club rugby union competition run by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) for teams from the top five nations in European rugby and South Africa. It was the 29th season of pan-European professional club rugby competition.
In the Heineken Cup (1995–2014), Toulon won twice, the two last editions of the tournament (2013 and 2014). The first of those finals was also Clermont's only final, and Toulon won 16–15 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. [4] In 2014, Toulon won 23–6 against England's Saracens at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. [5]