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Jonny Wilkinson on Heineken Cup clash: 'I'll try not to look at this as my final visit to Twickenham...'
Saturday 27 April 2013
Wilkinson makes an emotional return to HQ with Toulon on Sunday
Heineken Cup preview: Semi-final is so much more than Owen Farrell versus Jonny Wilkinson
Saturday 27 April 2013
No 10s may be leading lights but Sunday’s match will be full of quality and intrigue
Heineken Cup: Saracens v Toulon match preview
Friday 26 April 2013
A look ahead to the Heineken Cup semi-final fixture at Twickenham
Jonny Wilkinson is Owen Farrell's final Lions hurdle
Monday 22 April 2013
Much as he would love one last shot at winning the jackpot with the British and Irish Lions, Jonny Wilkinson has spent the last few weeks playing down his chances of staging an international comeback in Australia this summer, effectively admitting that a full-on ruck with the Wallabies is a young man's game. If one of those young men, Owen Farrell, passes the Wilkinson test this weekend, he can expect to be named in the tour party when it is announced in seven days' time.
Book closed on Sam Warburton to captain Lions
Saturday 20 April 2013
The fierce debate over the British and Irish Lions captaincy in Australia this summer turned full circle when a leading bookmaker suspended betting on Sam Warburton, the Wales flanker, who started the season as red-hot favourite before drifting towards outsider status as injury and poor form undermined his candidacy.
BT Vision ready to fight Sky Sports for Heineken Cup coverage
Tuesday 16 April 2013
BT Vision are attempting to expand their portfolio
BT Vision ready to fight Sky for Heineken Cup
Monday 15 April 2013
The wildly popular Heineken Cup is a serious target for the new players in the rugby broadcasting game. Grant Best, the senior channel executive producer of BT Vision, said today that his company “wanted to be a part of the competition in 2014, whatever that competition becomes”.
Leicester bounce back from Toulon disappointment to surge into semi-finals again
Monday 15 April 2013
Leicester 35 Wasps 16
Weekend Preview: Quins need a swift response to Munster loss
Saturday 13 April 2013
Harlequins (3rd) v Bath (6th)
Harlequins to investigate ticket sales after Munster supporters 'exceed' allocation
Wednesday 10 April 2013
It is claimed 'many' Quins supporters sold on their tickets for the Heineken Cup quarter-final
Heineken Cup: Team of the weekend
Monday 08 April 2013
Who makes it into our team from those involved in the quarter-finals?
Heineken Cup: Paul O’Connell crushes Harlequins’ dream with Gatland reminder
Monday 08 April 2013
Harlequins 12 Munster 18
Heineken Cup: Toulon's Jonny Wilkinson back at Twickenham after kicking Leicester out
Monday 08 April 2013
Toulon 21 Leicester 15
Heineken Cup: Clermont Auvergne v Montpellier match preview
Saturday 06 April 2013
A look ahead to Saturday's quarter-final clash
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