The final is typically the most-attended match, as it is generally held in a larger stadium than any club's home venue. After a pulsating opening round of the Champions Cup, we have selected our team of the week. In 2015–16, EPCR decided to put a new procedure in place.

The teams are ranked based on domestic league performance the previous season, and arranged into four tiers of five teams. 19 teams qualify automatically based on position in their respective leagues: It was the turn of the new century that saw Toulouse become a European giant with the French club reaching the European Champions Cup final five times in the space of seven years, winning three.

We take a look at some of the top rumours and reports doing the rounds in the Rugby World. Ronan O'Gara received the inaugural award, being recognised as the best player over the first 15 years of ERC tournaments.The European Rugby Champions Cup trophy was unveiled in October 2014.The 13.5 kg, five-handled trophy, creates a star shape when viewed from the top, while when viewed from the side, the top of the trophy has a coronet effect, which designers said was to reflect the crowning of the Kings of Europe. Can Toulouse claim a fifth Champions Cup title season?

Toulouse Olympique represents the city in rugby league, playing in the English/European 2nd tier Championship from 2017. It was the turn of the new century that saw Toulouse become a European giant with the French club reaching the European Champions Cup final five times in the space of seven years, winning three. View this post on Instagram The four pool winners with the best pool record receive home advantage for the quarter-finals against one of the lower-seeded teams. The city also has a professional football team, Toulouse FC , who play in Ligue 2 , the second division of football in France, and who won the 1957 Coupe de France Final .

Toulouse's victory over French rivals The tenth Heineken Cup final saw the inaugural champions Toulouse battle with rising stars Stade Français when The 2006–07 Heineken Cup would be distributed to over 100 countries following Pitch International's securing of the rights.During competition there was uncertainty over the future of the tournament after the 2006–07 season as French clubs had announced that they would not take part because of fixture congestion following the In the 2008 final, Munster won the cup for their second time ever by beating The 16th Heineken Cup tournament in 2011 resulted in an Irish province lifting the title for the fourth time in six years as Leinster successfully defended their crown in 2012 at Twickenham, eclipsing fellow Irish province and former champions Ulster 42–14 to establish the highest Heineken Cup final winning margin. What... Teams are then drawn from the tiers into pools at random, with the restriction that no pool shall contain two teams from the same country or league, until the allocation of Tier 4, which contains the sixth English and French teams, the sixth and seventh Pro14 team and the winner of the play-off.Teams will play the other three teams in the pool twice, at home and away, and match points will be awarded depending on the result of each game, with teams receiving four points for a win, and two for a draw.
  It is the top-tier competition for clubs whose countries' national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship.Clubs qualify for the Heineken Champions Cup via their final positions in their …

The number of goals includes both penalties and conversions. For the pool stage there are five pools of four teams.

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Les Toulousains s’imposent sur la pelouse de Gloucester pour ce match d’ouverture de la Champions Cup. The second round of the Champions Cup takes place this weekend and here is what all rugby fans get to witness in the coming days.
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For the first time clubs from four different nations – England, Ireland, France and Wales – made it through to the semi-finals. 8 months ago by Ultimate Rugby.