Gordon D’Arcy: Clermont loss can be springboard for Leinster

Battling defeat in Lyon can do for current side what Toulouse victory did for 2006 crop

Liam Toland: Bogged down by pre-ordained plays

Leinster and Munster needed the ‘OODA Loop’: Observe-Orientate-Decide-Act

Gordon D’Arcy: Leinster have game-changers - Munster must develop some

Munster lacked impact off their bench and squad depth to cope without Conor Murray

Gerry Thornley: Leinster will rue this one that got away

‘We feel very frustrated . . . but there is a lot more to come from this team,’ says Cullen

So close but so far as Clermont end Leinster’s European dream

Leo Cullen’s side flirt with famous comeback but Camille Lopez drops French into final

Michael Murphy making his mark at Clermont Auvergne

Donegal captain opens eyes of new rugby team-mates in France to Gaelic football

Chris Ashton to join Toulon from Saracens at end of the season

Decision to move to France likely to end winger’s involvement with England side

Farrell inspires Saracens to Premiership final win over Bath

Sarries become the first side to win title after finishing outside the league’s top two

Stuart Lancaster defends omission of overseas-based players

England coach left Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon out of World Cup training squad

Top seeds looking stronger, but no Racing certainty

Saracens in good nick too, and could be the one English club to progress to semi-finals

Danny Cipriani named in England Six Nations training squad

Nick Easter is also selected ahead of Wales game while Sam Burgess makes Saxons squad

Munster hobble out of Champions Cup at the hands of Saracens

Home side claim bonus point after Foley’s side put in limp performance at Allianz Park

Munster’s life in Europe on the line against Saracens

Conor Murray’s absence cause for concern ahead of European Champions Cup clash

Munster must adjust as Allianz Park poses own challenges

Saracens home pitch one of the obstacles in next European Champions Cup clash

Thomond Park gets its voice back as Munster see off Saracens

Limerick fortress just like days of old as English visitors are outmuscled

Saracens top Pool One after win over Clermont

Ireland outhalf Jonathan Sexton stars in Racing Metro win over Northampton Saints

Saracens can prove doubters wrong and take Toulon

English side’s ‘wolf pack’ hungry enough to win first Heineken Cup in its final year

Bowe back fighting fit and ready for Saracens challenge

Ulster winger keen to put injuries in past and drive province to Heineken Cup semi-final

Connacht fall to 11-try rout at Saracens

Province collapses in second half after error-strewn performance

Connacht bow out with a whimper

Pat Lam’s side humiliated by Saracens who run in 11 unanswered tries in Heineken Cup rout

Unrest all over, and it’s no different with our provinces

Can English wolves put out Irish fires?

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