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Final score Northampton 24-15. The Saints started the second half as they finished with Myler scoring a try within the first 4 minutes. Although a back scored it was surges from the forwards that created the cry making ground and sucking in defenders. Most of their front 5 touched the ball...

Yeah he's making a pretty good HEC debut today as well.

Half time Northampton 12 Glasgow 15. Northampton rallied in the last five minutes to get themselves back into a game dominated by Glasgow for the first 35 minutes. For the first 20 minutes or so Glasgow dominated territory penning the Saint back in their own half. But 3 points from a penalty...

I think taking the time to set something up in the US over a few years is a good idea. It gives time to get everything in place to give it a better chance of success and to get early traction to build a fan base. For whatever reason the US doesn't like the start at a manageable level then grow...

Yeah it was just a tad one sided. Quins v Biarritz was the best HEC game from today, that I watched. Wasps v Dragons in the Amlin was an OK game. I'm looking forward to Leicester v Toulouse tomorrow.

At half time the Biarritz players were out early warming up for the 2nd half, but it was Harlequins who started the half with a flyer. Buchanan went over for their second try of the game. The pack answered the challenge thrown down by Biarritz in the first half by stepping up their performance...

So far Harlequins v Biarritz has been the most entertaining game I've watched today. It's a clash of styles between Quins' fast paced 15 man rugby and Biarritz' 10 man power rugby.Half time score is 13-13. Quins struck first with a well worked set play try. From a lineout about 10m out they...

Game didn't take off in the 2nd 40 but Exeter can be proud of their efforts. Leinster snuck a 9-6 win but Exeter had a long range penalty at the death for a chance for the draw. Leinster starting slow again this year but they got away with it today. Still a lot of work to do in this tough group...

Half time and it's Leinster 3 Exeter 3. Exeter have done really well in their first 40 minutes of Heineken Cup Rugby. They haven't been overawed by the ocassion and they've shown ambition to run the ball when they have it. Leinster started slow last year and if they're to win this one they'll...

2nd half wasn't as good as the first as it turned into a bit of a kick fest. But we've had the first upset of this year's HEC. Racing fully deserved their 22-17 victory as they were the better team in the 2nd half. Munster may not be the team they once were but they're still a big scalp. When...

Been a pretty good first half in the Racing v Munster game. Munster started really well going 10-0 up and looking like they'd score more tries before half time. But Munster errors, the loss of Ronan O'Gara and some heart from Racing in the last 10 minutes of the half saw them claw their way back...

It still says ESPN on the ERC website. I think ESPN may have bought Setanta a few years ago when they went belly up but kept the name of the channel. Either way I'll add Setanta in to avoid confusion. Thanks for the heads up.

Castres Olympique Although Castres are still regarded as one of the weaker French teams in this year’s HEC they are still dangerous in one off games as they proved last year when their sole victory was a 41-22 bonus point effort against the previous year’s finalists Northampton. For a third...

I wrote this guide a while back and I was going to post it on here a few weeks ago, but the Nevin Spence thing kinda dampened my enthusiasm for Rugby and I kept putting it off. Well the Heineken Cup gets underway today so here it is. I tried to update as much as I could but someone of the...

Yes this is pretty much what happened in this case. Family dog fell in the pit. Father went in to try to rescue it and was overcome, then the sons and daughter went in to try to rescue their father. The Rugby community in Ireland today is just in complete shock about this.

Not sure how well known Nevin Spence would be in Australia but he was a rising star in Irish Rugby and was our young player of the year. He was tipped for big things, a great loss to the world of rugby but more importantly a very tragic loss to his family who also lost his father and older...

Great try by Diggers and good work by Phipps in the build up. Diggers really deserved that one as he's been Australia's most consistent back this year.

Can't believe the commentators said they think the Argentinian players should play in Super Rugby rather than France to improve the quality of their play. Of the two teams on display tonight it's not Argentina who need to step up their quality.

This game is Team A - a lumbering team who's pack is going alright but their backs are making far too many mistakes against Team B -a team who are doing well all over the pitch and are pouncing on every opportunity with very good accuracy in the backs. Historically you would expect Australia...

At times Australia's defence has looked like they are playing tag rugby.