Rugby enters new phase as Premier Sports gains blanket coverage of Irish provinces
Channel will offer live coverage of all Champions Cup games involving Leinster, Munster and Ulster, plus Connacht’s Challenge Cup matches
Channel will offer live coverage of all Champions Cup games involving Leinster, Munster and Ulster, plus Connacht’s Challenge Cup matches
Munster get Northampton and Bulls, Ulster drawn against Toulouse and Leicester
Pete Wilkins’s side scored the opening try before home side hit them with four of their own before half-time
Richie Murphy’s side were no match physically for the France Top 14 outfit
Uplifted Ulster aim to continue their mini-revival under new coach Richie Murphy with a trip to take on Clermont
Butler is undergoing return to play protocols after a head injury while a thigh issue will keep Bolton out of the trip to Benetton
Pete Wilkins’s side trailed at the break but finished strongly to earn a last-eight date with Benetton
Paul Willemse’s red card saw French side reduced to 12 players at one point
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Connacht coach Peter Wilkins adds internationals Bundee Aki and Finlay Bealham to an already vastly experienced starting XV for Challenge Cup clash away to Pau
Connacht line out against Pau while Ulster also travel to France to take on Montpellier in the round of 16
Ulster prop is set to return to South Africa at the end of the season
Pete Wilkins’ side travels to France to take on Pau who currently sit seventh on the Top 14 table
The Irish provinces have had a mixed campaign but Leinster and Connacht carry more momentum with them than Munster and Ulster
Leinster’s Luke McGrath has racked up 200 caps for Leinster, a milestone he reached when coming on in the 43-7 victory over Stade Francais
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Champions Cup will consist of four groups of six teams but will still have just four rounds of pool games
Three-time Champions Cup winners earn a first Challenge Cup at the fifth time of asking
French side have suffered final defeats in 2020 and last year but have happy memories of the Aviva Stadium
The London venue will also host the final of the Challenge Cup
Victory over Welsh side will almost certainly seal place in play-offs for Champions Cup
From start to finish the Italians have never delivered such a complete victory over the Irish province
Benetton have traditionally made life difficult for Connacht at their home venue
Although qualified, province keen to take top-two spot and secure best possible draw for round of 16
Coaching director Andy Friend says all is going to plan for Ireland centre, who is ‘probably going to be sensational in the Six Nations’
Coach admits there’s a ‘fair amount of competition’ among talented group of centres
Distinct possibility exists of Leinster hosting Munster or Ulster in last 16 tie
Alex Wootton tops scoring honours with a hat-trick as rampant home side run in nine tries against brittle French outfit
Third straight win puts Connacht on top of Pool A of the Challenge Cup
French side arrive in the Sportsground having lost their first two Challenge Cup matches
Head coach has yet to be interviewed by province as Friend announces departure: ‘I definitely want to have that conversation with the club’
French side Brive are coming off the back of an embarrassing 41-0 defeat in Cardiff, a result which is likely to galvanise a strong response
French side are bottom of the Top 14 and suffered 41-0 loss away to Cardiff in Challenge Cup opener
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