French giants overcome Ulster

Ulster 10 Stade Francais 26: Ulster outmuscled by French side Stade Francais despite brave second-half performance

Leinster too good for Edinburgh

Leinster 27 Edinburgh 16: A try-scoring European debut for Australian flanker marks a solid first-up win for Leinster

Cardiff thrash Calvisano

Calvisano 20 Cardiff 56: The Blues swaggered to their biggest Heineken Cup win in the sunshine in Calvisano

Arlidge nudges Newport past Glasgow

Gloucester 22 Biarritz 10: Despite a first round victory for Gloucester over Biarritz the performance was unconvincing

Time to let Tigers off leash

Rugby correspondent Stephen Jones laments the loss of the running style of game which the Leicester Tigers once possessed

Matt Stevens is no softie

Toulouse will discover that the 25-year-old Bath prop is anything but a pushover when the sides meet in Sunday's Heineken Cup clash

Munster in sticky situation

European champions need to remember how to grind out results

Game hurt by the punch that should have stayed private

Danny Cipriani’s celebrity dictated that a run-of-the-mill training-ground spat was propelled onto the newspaper front pages

Morrison has eye on winning start

As he starts his 100th match for Glasgow, centre is entirely focused on winning the Heineken Cup game at Newport

BBC begins coverage of Scottish clubs

Boroughmuir and Heriot's will lead the way when their Meggetland clash is shown live on the new Gaelic service

Edinburgh must find inner strength

Jim Hamilton, the Scotland lock who played for Leicester, thinks his side have what's needed to succeed in the Heineken Cup

This weekend's guide to the Heineken Cup

The hotly contested competition kicks off with several mouthwatering match-ups between Europe's very finest teams

Stuart Barnes: 'Wilkinson will struggle to return to his best'

The Sunday Times expert says the England fly half has the mental strength to come back but questions whether his body is up to it

Henson suspended by Ospreys

Wales centre dropped for Heineken Cup games against Leicester and Perpignan because of "a rugby-related disciplinary decision"

English elite battle for European status

English clubs face a challenge to hold their own in a Heineken Cup competition that begins with its stakes raised

Don't write me off, says Wilkinson

Exclusive: The England fly half rules out suggestions that his career may be over despite his most painful injury yet

Wilkinson will miss Six Nations campaign

England fly half will miss spring tournament and possibly Lions tour due to dislocated kneecap

James happy to lengthen his stay at Bath

Fly half extends contract with West Country club by three years and hopes to attract other South Africa players there

Heineken Cup: Pool-by-pool guide

The prospects, critical matches and key player in each group of European club rugby's premier competition

French given lesson by Northampton

Toulon 3 Northampton 56: Stephen Myler kicked 19 points and Joe Ansbro ran in two of his team's seven tries