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EPCR Challenge Cup final: History beckons for Gloucester Rugby or Hollywoodbets Sharks
Two seasons are on the line when Gloucester Rugby meet Hollywoodbets Sharks in the EPCR Challenge Cup final at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Friday night.
23 May 2024
3 min
Hollywoodbets Sharks v ASM Clermont Auvergne: Semi-finalists looking for EPCR Challenge Cup lift
The Twickenham Stoop hosts the opening semi-final of this season’s EPCR Challenge Cup, which may be a foreign field for the two participants but is hardly an unknown place.
03 May 2024
4 min
Gloucester Rugby vs Benetton Rugby: Semi-finalists aim to boost flagging seasons
The second EPCR Challenge Cup semi-final on Saturday brings together in Gloucester Rugby and Benetton Rugby two clubs who could well use success to rescue flagging domestic seasons.
03 May 2024
3 min
Benetton Rugby vs. Connacht Rugby: Connacht Rugby looking to learn lessons from Benetton Rugby loss
Connacht Rugby head coach Pete Wilkins is itching to return to Benetton Rugby in the EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-finals on Sunday, eager to have such a quick chance of revenge following a narrow loss in Italy two weeks ago.
13 Apr 2024
2 min
Hollywoodbets Sharks vs. Edinburgh Rugby: Edinburgh Rugby confident of Hollywoodbets Sharks revenge
Edinburgh Rugby head coach Sean Everitt believes his club can turn the tables on Hollywoodbets Sharks in Saturday’s EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-finals following their defeat to them in Durban two weeks ago.
12 Apr 2024
2 min
Clermont Auvergne vs. Ulster Rugby: Ulster Rugby aiming to ride momentum at ASM Clermont Auvergne
Ulster Rugby flanker David McCann believes the “the sky is the limit” for the United Rugby Championship club as they seek to qualify for the semi-finals of the EPCR Challenge Cup at ASM Clermont Auvergne on Saturday.
12 Apr 2024
1 min
Gloucester Rugby vs. Ospreys: Ospreys chief demands improvement for Gloucester Rugby tie
Ospreys head coach Toby Booth has demanded an improvement on his club’s performance in last weekend’s EPCR Challenge Cup Round of 16 victory over Sale Sharks for their quarter-final at Gloucester Rugby on Friday night.
11 Apr 2024
3 min
Pau vs. Connacht Rugby: Double Ireland boost for Connacht Rugby
Connacht Rugby have been boosted by the return of Ireland internationals Bundee Aki and Finlay Bealham for their EPCR Challenge Cup Round of 16 encounter at Section Paloise on Sunday as head coach Pete Wilkins called for all-out attack.
05 Apr 2024
2 min
Hollywoodbets Sharks vs. Zebre Parm: Plumtree eyes EPCR-URC double
Hollywoodbets Sharks head coach John Plumtree believes internal competition and emerging youth are giving impetus to what he hopes will be a late season push for silverware in both the EPCR Challenge Cup and United Rugby Championship.
05 Apr 2024
2 min
Montpellier vs. Ulster Rugby: ‘Massive test’ for Ulster Rugby
Ulster Rugby interim head coach Richie Murphy admits tackling Montpellier Hérault Rugby on their own turf will be “a massive test” for his side in their EPCR Challenge Cup Round of 16 match-up on Sunday.
05 Apr 2024
2 min
Edinburgh Rugby vs. Bayonne: Ritchie hoping home return changes Edinburgh Rugby’s fortunes
Edinburgh Rugby back-row forward Jamie Ritchie is hoping a return to the Hive Stadium can get the United Rugby Championship club buzzing again as the EPCR Challenge Cup Round of 16 game against Aviron Bayonnais on Saturday provides a change of focus.
04 Apr 2024
2 min
Ospreys vs. Sale Sharks: Booth in warning to Sale Sharks
Ospreys head coach Toby Booth has promised that the United Rugby Championship club will finish with a flourish if they are within touching distance of Sale Sharks with 20 minutes left in their EPCR Challenge Cup Round of 16 tie on Saturday.
04 Apr 2024
2 min