Gavin Cummiskey looks at the contenders ahead of the first round of Champions Cup games

Nick Tompkins scores hat-trick as they make Premiership final

Leo Cullen’s men fought the good fight, but couldn’t withstand Saracens’ physicality

Rampaging Saracens number eight wonderfully effective in final victory over Leinster

Gavin Cummiskey rates the Leinster performances as they are beaten at St James’ Park

Defending champions overpowered as Saracens secure a third title

Leinster keen to give Seán O’Brien a winning send-off, but Saracens will also be motivated

In battles like these you need to get away with whatever you can

John O’Sullivan looks at the English Premiership side ahead of Newcastle finale

Maro Itoje will play at blindside flanker for Saracens in Saturday’s final at St James’ Park

Aura he brings can inspire those around him to be better players, to exceed expectations

Sexton’s Wembley wonder show; last of the tickets; Sarries chase record; team talk

Centre very much aware of the level of physicality Leinster face in Champions Cup final

Combination with Garry Ringrose will be key in Champions Cup final against Saracens

Lancaster optimistic Sean Cronin will be fit for showdown with ‘threatening’ Saracens

Van Graan offers no excuses and admits formidable Saracens were the better team

Munster suffer more semi-final heartbreak as Saracens reach Champions Cup decider

No final permutation would be a surprise given the proven pedigree of the last four

Mark McCall reveals his outhalf was still hopeful of playing less that an hour before game

David Strettle and Liam Williams score two tries each as English side pass half-century

England outhalf expected to make opening Six Nations game against Ireland after thumb surgery

Game visitors lead at half-time but Saracens score six tries in brutal second-half blitz

Growing realisation in England that the man they sacked in 2015 is a top class coach

Substitute Alex Lewington goes over for fourth try with three minutes to go

Sexton comes through unscathed following initial injury concerns in defeat of Saracens

Leinster coach familiar with most of the players his team will face in Champions Cup

England talisman ‘touch and go’ for Sunday’s Champions Cup quarter-final with Leinster

Rescheduled Champions Cup game caused controversy but ended in convincing win

Mark McCall’s side run in eight tries at Franklin’s Gardens

Simmonds crosses in the 80th minute to end European champions’ domestic campaign

Winger could break Vincent Clerc’s all-time European record in final outing with club

Rassie Erasmus’s side had their chances before English side slammed the door shut

Rassie Erasmus does not expect either player to be fit for Champions Cup semi-final

A Munster win in Dublin seems more logical than a Leinster win over Clermont in Lyon

Defending champions will travel to the Aviva in the semi-finals after routing the Warriors

Late try secures berth in the knockout stages for defending champions

Les Kiss’s side left to rue missed opportunities as hosts run away with it at Allianz Park

‘If you start distracting yourself with the what-ifs you aren’t doing your job’

Number eight Ben Morgan also fit to replace Billy Vunipola for crucial Australia game

Bath centre lacks the sense of timing required to be effective at international level