The players of Union Bordeaux-Bègles (UBB) put up a tough fight on Sunday to overcome the very strong English team from Bath and thus win the right to play in a second consecutive Champions Cup final. They will try, against the Irish from Leinster who eliminated RC Toulon, to retain their title.
Published on: 05/03/2026 - 6:16 p.m. Modified on: 05/03/2026 - 6:19 p.m.
The UBB can double the stake! The Bordeaux rugby club won its place for a second consecutive Champions Cup final on Sunday May 3 after beating the English from Bath in the semi-final on its home field (38-26) at the end of a very competitive match.
Jostled by Finn Russell's team, the Bordelo-Béglais managed to score five tries and have the right to challenge the Irish province of Leinster in the final, on May 23 in Bilbao.
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RC Toulon failed at the gates of this final of the rugby Champions Cup by losing on Saturday against Leinster (29-25), after a messy and choppy half on the lawn of the Aviva Stadium. Eleven years after the last of their three European championship titles (2013, 2014, 2015), the players from the harbor were unable to bring down the province of Dublin, copied and pasted or almost from the XV of Clover.
In the Challenge Cup, the second interclub rugby union competition contested in Europe, Montpellier tamed the Newport Dragons on Sunday at home to reach the final of the Challenge Cup and mark the start of the era of Joan Caudullo, its young manager, after a laborious success (18-12)
The MHR is preparing to play its third Challenge Cup final on May 22 in Bilbao in front of a former winner of the Champions Cup: the Irish of Ulster, winner (29-12) on Saturday of the English of Exeter in the other semi-final. The Montpellier club has already won this competition in 2016 against Harlequins and in 2021 against Leicester.
With AFP
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