Sale out of Champions Cup with La Rochelle win sending holders through
Champions Cup roundup: Saracens and Leicester slump to heavy defeats
December 2023
Champions Cup roundup: Harlequins stun Racing as Leinster beat La Rochelle
Alex Dombrandt, Jack Walker and Marcus Smith sealed Quins’ comeback in Paris to win 31-28 as Leinster earned revenge for the last two finals with a 16-9 win against La Rochelle
August 2023
Ronan O’Gara’s expletive-laden, Irish-French rugby union team talk goes viral – video
Former rugby star’s Irish-accented French team talk hailed as ‘absolutely glorious’
May 2023
The Breakdown newsletter
The Breakdown’s season review: Ireland and La Rochelle take charge
Sportblog
French giants La Rochelle send World Cup message by unpicking Ireland’s best
Leinster 26-27 La Rochelle: Champions Cup rugby union final – as it happened
La Rochelle break Leinster hearts with epic comeback to win Champions Cup
Leinster need to find the answer to hefty challenge of Ronan O’Gara’s big men
Ugo Monye
Sportblog
Champions Cup final: Leinster braced for era-defining La Rochelle battle
Jack Nowell: ‘Leaving Chiefs was one of the hardest positions I have been in’
April 2023
Alldritt inspires La Rochelle to victory over Exeter to set up Leinster final
La Rochelle’s Uini Atonio: ‘Ronan O’Gara was the key piece we needed’
Sportblog
Exeter’s last dance? Chiefs look to end golden era with European glory
Will Skelton credits Eddie Jones with ‘bringing life back’ to Australian rugby
Billy Vunipola limps off as La Rochelle overpower Saracens in Champions Cup
Saracens need men-in-black magic to upset champions La Rochelle
January 2023
Ronan O’Gara: ‘A bit of me would love to have a crack at a World Cup’
The coach of European champions, La Rochelle, looks forward to the Six Nations and the World Cup and reveals he would like to work on the international stage in the future
May 2022
The Breakdown newsletter
Champions Cup team of the season: best XV from this year’s tournament
Our selection of the top players in Europe this season – with no more than four from any one club to keep things interesting
