Posts Tagged Heineken Cup
O’Gara to Munster’s rescue
24 points from the boot of Ronan O’Gara saw Munster to a shaky 24-23 win over Perpignan in Limerick on Friday, with Catalan hopes now hanging.
Perpignan scored all the tries but they just could not stop giving away cheap penalties and O’Gara could have had nine more points in a game where Munster kicked so [...]
Third time lucky for Stade Français?
Stade Français are now the only team to have reached two Heineken Cup finals but not got their hands on the main prize - and they are banking on making it third time lucky.
The cosmopolitan French capital club went down at the final hurdle in 2001 and 2005 to Leicester Tigers and Toulouse respectively but [...]
Banahan banned for two weeks
England winger Matt Banahan has been banned for two weeks by Rugby Football Union disciplinary chiefs.
Banahan was sent off for stamping on Northampton back Stephen Myler midway through the second half of his club Bath’s 15-13 Guinness Premiership defeat to Saints on December 5.
The 22-year-old pleaded not guilty to the offence, but a three-man RFU [...]
Sheridan may be out for 6 months
A top orthopaedic surgeon has disputed Sale Sharks‘ claim that prop Andrew Sheridan will only be out of action for four months.
Sheridan dislocated his shoulder during his club’s Heineken Cup clash with Cardiff Blues on October 16 and it was subsequently confirmed that the England international requires a full reconstruction of the joint.
Sale claimed that [...]