The Heineken and Amlin Cups 2013/14 second weekend of match's is over. They threw up a few surprises and some really exciting games. Things kicked off on Thursday night with the London Wasps Amlin game against Basyonne. This was a much tougher match than Wasps first run out and in fact for a large part of the game Wasps were behind, in fact at half-time it was 6-10. … [Read more...]
European Rugby Cups 2013/14- Review Rd1 Preview 2
The Heineken and Amlin Cups kicked off over the weekend of 10th to 13th October. The Amlin started first on Thursday night whilst the Heineken closed proceedings on Sunday. Here follows our comments on the Heineken games and then our predictions for round two next weekend. Friday night went much as planned with Connacht going down to Saracens 17-23. The first half was a … [Read more...]
European Rugby Cups 2013/14- Preview
The Heineken and Amlin Cups kick off over the weekend of 10th to 13th October. The Amlin starting first on Thursday night and the Heineken following on Friday. The Amlin games complete on Saturday whilst the Heineken on Sunday. We will start with our preview of the Heineken with twelve games over the weekend. Things kick-off at Connacht's ground the Sportsground on … [Read more...]
European Cups 2013/14 Pools
The pools for the Heineken Cup and Amlin Cup 2013/14 have been drawn today. We will list them here for you but first a couple of comments on which will be tough and which should be easier routes to the next round. In the Heineken Cup Pool 4 looks like a tough one, Pool 1 also tough but not quite so bad. Pool 2 looks like a easy rout for the champions Toulon. Pool 3 both … [Read more...]
Heineken and Amlin Cup Finals – Review
This weekend saw the Finals of both the Heineken and Amlin 2012/13 European Cups in Dublin Ireland. First up on Friday night it was the Amlin. This was played in bright sunshine in the RDS stadium and as we predicted Leinster won through. Stade Francais who had the majority of possession and territory simply could not convert pressure into points. They either got … [Read more...]