Bruce Craig

Gerry Thornley: It’s baby steps to begin with for Irish provinces

Champions Cup likely to be Anglo-French carve-up again with odds against Pro12 sides

Leinster line up Mike Ford to replace Kurt McQuilkin

Surprise departure of New Zealander means province must find a new defence coach

Empty seats show Champions Cup still in search of identity

The New tournament was supposed to rescue the European game. So where is everyone?

Champions Cup absence would damage Munster hugely

Anthony Foley’s side face the very bleak reality of a season outside of Europe’s elite

European Cup maulings a blow to Irish rugby’s morale

Despite being reigning champions, Ireland at a low ebb as the Six Nations beckons

Bath look set to bow out of European Champions Cup after defeat to Toulon

Late penalty from Frédéric Michalak proved just enough to save Toulon from their first home defeat in Europe’s elite competition

Eoin Reddan: Champions Cup results not all about the money

Scrumhalf believes penalties conceded not salaries cost Leinster game against Toulon

Clubs face playing midweek European games

No easy solution for organisers in the aftermath of events in Paris

Postponed European Cup games to be rescheduled ‘as soon as possible’

EPCR is currently working ‘to consider all possible fixture permutations’

Toulon match will never be played - Bath chairman Craig

‘Unacceptable, international calendar does not take into account the domestic game’

European Cup’s unique sense of occasion wins out despite final flaws

Competition retains old drama in its new guise even if it is devalued by early finish

Bath basing drive for glory on Mike Ford’s reliability

Ireland’s former defensive coach the guiding influence with Champions Cup contenders

Bath will provide Leinster with a stern test in their Champions Cup quarter-final

The English side are a different beast to when they lost by 25 points in Dublin in 2012

Gerry Thornley: Leinster should be thanked for breaking monotony of Champions Cup

Money pouring into Anglo-French rugby bodes ill for aspirations of Celtic sides in future

JJ Hanrahan’s departure to Northampton is desperately deflating for Irish rugby

Gerry Thornley: Munster kicking themselves after talent slips through fingers

Steffon Armitage could make Bath switch

The current European Player of the Year is considering leaving Toulon to further England career

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