EUROPEAN RUGBY CUP. At the end of the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Cup, three French clubs qualified for the last four.
We couldn’t do better! Toulouse, La Rochelle and Racing 92 are the three French clubs entered for the semi-finals of the European Rugby Cup and allow France to make an almost faultless performance since only Montpellier, beaten by La Rochelle, misses the match. call from the last four. At the end of a mind-blowing match, Stade Toulousain was the first to reach the semi-final of the Heineken Cup after a penalty shootout always full of suspense in rugby.
In the Franco-French duel, La Rochelle managed to overthrow the top 14 leader as Racing 92 went into steamroller mode against Sale. “There are still two steps left” launched Laurent Travers, Racing coach. “We are very happy with the result, very happy to live another semi-final. We are behind at half-time but it is not a delay in the ignition on our part. Even if, it is true, we relax on the last action, thirty seconds from the break, and we take this test from Tuilagi. This Sale team is absolutely out of place in the Premiership (7th). We had a good team in front and we, in the first half, we lacked precision, patience. We rushed. I think it’s linked to our strategy which was to move them as much as possible. We had to hold on until the 40th or 50th.
On the program this weekend, the semi-finals with Stade Toulousain who will face the Irish of Leinster, in Ireland, while Racing 92 welcomes La Rochelle.
What is the program for the semi-finals of the European Rugby Cup?
Here is the weekend program for the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Cup:
- Saturday May 14
- Leinster – Toulouse from 4 p.m.
- Sunday May 15
- Racing 92 – La Rochelle from 4 p.m.
What TV broadcast for French clubs in the European Rugby Cup?
- Saturday May 14
- Leinster – Toulouse from 4 p.m. on beIN Sports 1
- Sunday May 15
- Racing 92 – La Rochelle from 4 p.m. on beIN Sports 1
What are the results of the round of 16 of the European Rugby Cup?
Discover all the results of the round of 16 of the European Rugby Cup 2022:
- Connacht (IRL) – Leinster (IRL) 21 – 26
- Bordeaux Begles (FRA) – La Rochelle (FRA) 13 – 31
- Dirty (ENG) – Bristol (ENG) 9 – 10
- Toulouse (FRA) – Ulster (IRL) 20 – 26
- Stade Français (FRA) – Racing 92 (FRA) 9 – 22
- Exeter (ENG) – Munster (IRL) 13 – 8
- Montpellier (FRA) – Harlequins (ENG) 40 – 26
- Clermont (FRA) – Leicester (ENG) 10 – 29
What are the winners of the European Rugby Cup?
Here is the detail of the winners since the creation of the European Rugby Cup in 1996:
- 2021: Toulouse
- 2020: Exeter
- 2019: Saracens
- 2018: Leinster
- 2017: Saracens
- 2016: Saracens
- 2015: Toulouse
- 2014: Toulouse
- 2013: Toulouse
- 2012: Leinster
- 2011: Leinster
- 2010: Toulouse
- 2009: Leinster
- 2008: Munster
- 2007: London Wasps
- 2006: Munster
- 2005: Toulouse
- 2004: London Wasps
- 2003: Toulouse
- 2002: Leicester
- 2001: Leicester
- 2000: Northampton
- 1999: Ulster
- 1998: Bath
- 1997: Brive
- 1996: Toulouse