Leicester aimed to take their unbeaten Premiership form into the Heineken Champions Cup clash away to Bordeaux Begles.
We look ahead to Saturday's five Heineken Champions Cup games as Europe's top competition kicks off for another year.
France's Fabien Galthie has named nine uncapped players in his 42-man squad for next month's Tests vs Argentina, Georgia and New Zealand.
Defending European Cup champions Toulouse will begin their title defence in Cardiff, in a repeat of the inaugural 1996 final.
Defending European Cup winners Toulouse will face Wasps and Cardiff in 2021/22; Premiership champions Harlequins will play Castres and Cardiff.
Toulouse will contest a first European Cup final since 2010 after they secured a 21-9 victory over Bordeaux at the Stade Ernest-Wallon.
We look ahead to the weekend's European Cup semi-final ties, as Toulouse welcome Bordeaux-Begles and La Rochelle host Leinster.
Toulouse are through to the semi-finals of the Heineken Champions Cup after a hard-fought 21-12 win away to Clermont Auvergne.
Bordeaux-Begles are through to the Heineken Champions Cup semi-finals, after a late Matthieu Jalibert penalty sealed a 24-21 win over Racing 92.
Sunday's Heineken Champions Cup action is all-French as Bordeaux-Begles tackle Racing 92 and Clermont Auvergne host Toulouse.
Bordeaux-Begles became the fifth French side to reach the last eight of the Champions Cup after seeing off Bristol 36-17 on Sunday.
We look ahead to Sunday's Champions Cup round-of-16 ties, as Racing 92 welcome Edinburgh, Bordeaux-Begles host Bristol Bears and Scarlets face Sale Sharks.
Wasps are the only English club to be guaranteed home advantage for the Champions Cup round of 16 in a revised format for the knockout phase.
After a genuine renaissance year in 2020, can France go one better and clinch the silverware that alluded them last year in 2021?
Leinster dominate our team of the week after their Guinness PRO14 derby victory over Munster, while a couple of French stars make up the half-backs.
We take a look at where European rugby can go next, after the Champions Cup's temporary suspension was confirmed on Monday.
Munster and Racing 92 lead the way after registering impressive away wins in round two of the Champions Cup.
A hat-trick from Santiago Cordero helped Bordeaux-Begles to a convincing 47-8 win over the Dragons in their Champions Cup clash on Saturday.
Bordeaux Begles wing Santiago Cordero scored a late try to earn his side a 16-12 win over Northampton in the Champions Cup.
Northampton and Bordeaux-Begles will kick off this season's Champions Cup on Friday night, after which unbeaten Ulster take on Top 14 giants Toulouse.
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