Heineken Cup Rugby - Live and Online

Never heard of the Heineken Cup? To Rugby Union the Heineken Cup is just as important as the Champions League is to football. Away from the world cup it is the most significant trphy to win in Rugby Union, certainly in the northern hemisphere anyway. Comprising of the best Rugby teams from all over Europe games are played over a series of weekends. The Heineken Cup has a long history of producing some of the best Rugby action that you'll ever see and so TV viewer numbers have been slowly increasing year on year. It's now big business and many would regard rugby fans as being even more dedicated than their football counterparts!

The Heinekan Cup starts in October and continues all the way through to May (games are played around domestic fixtures). In terms of countries ENgland holds the most champions with English teams taking the trophy 6 times followed by Frances 4. One thing that is unusual in the Heineken Cup is the different pay models in the different Unions. This can lead to a team of millionairs coming up against a team that has been heavily salary capped. It's all part of the fun of the Heineken Cup.

Because it's now such big business there is extensive coverage of all the Heineken Cup fixtures both online and offline. All of the popular live TV P2P programs show channels that feature Heineken Cup games, it's best to check out the schedules page as and when games are due to be played to find out what channels are showing which teams.

Of course if you'd prefer to go and watch live and soak up the atmosphere (and beer) there may still be Heineken Cup tickets available.

Heineken Cup Pool Stage Fixtures

Friday, 17 October
Glasgow v Toulouse

Saturday, 18 October
Biarritz v Calvisano
Castres v Edinburgh
Harlequins v Ulster
Leinster v Wasps
Ospreys v Perpignan
Stade Francais v Scarlets
Treviso v Leicester

Sunday, 19 October
Bath v Newport-Gwent D'gons
Cardiff Blues v Gloucester
Montauban v Clermont Auvergne
Sale v Munster

Friday, 05 December
Cardiff Blues v Biarritz
Edinburgh v Wasps
Sale v Montauban
Ulster v Scarlets

Saturday, 06 December
Calvisano v Gloucester
Leicester v Perpignan
Leinster v Castres
Ospreys v Treviso
Stade Francais v Harlequins
Toulouse v Newport-Gwent D'gons

Sunday, 07 December
Bath v Glasgow
Clermont Auvergne v Munster

Friday, 12 December
Castres v Leinster
Scarlets v Ulster

Saturday, 13 December
Biarritz v Cardiff Blues
Gloucester v Calvisano
Harlequins v Stade Francais
Montauban v Sale
Munster v Clermont Auvergne
Newport-Gwent D'gons v Toulouse
Treviso v Ospreys

Sunday, 14 December
Glasgow v Bath
Wasps v Edinburgh

Saturday, 17 January
Calvisano v Biarritz
Clermont Auvergne v Montauban
Edinburgh v Castres
Gloucester v Cardiff Blues
Leicester v Treviso
Scarlets v Stade Francais
Munster v Sale
Newport-Gwent D'gons v Bath
Toulouse v Glasgow
Ulster v Harlequins
Wasps v Leinster

Saturday, 24 January
Bath v Toulouse
Biarritz v Gloucester
Cardiff Blues v Calvisano
Castres v Wasps
Glasgow v Newport-Gwent D'gons
Harlequins v Scarlets
Leinster v Edinburgh
Montauban v Munster
Ospreys v Leicester
Sale v Clermont Auvergne
Stade Francais v Ulster
Treviso v Perpignan