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Les finales européennes reviennent à Bilbao en 2026

Vue générale de l'intérieur du stade San Mamès, le 17 avril 2025 à Bilbao, Espagne. (Photo Ion Alcoba Beitia/Getty Images)
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L’European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) a annoncé vendredi le calendrier des coupes d’Europe pour la saison 2025-2026.

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Il reprend les grandes lignes du calendrier de la saison en cours, avec un lancement des compétitions le premier week-end de décembre.

Les deux premières journées de la phase de poule se dérouleront consécutivement. Les deux autres auront lieu sur les deux week-ends de la mi-janvier.

Les huitièmes et les quarts de finale auront lieu début avril, à une semaine d’intervalle. Le premier week-end de mai sera consacré aux demi-finales.

Pour les finales, l’instance dirigeante a souhaité renouveler l’expérience de 2018 et revenir à Bilbao le premier week-end du mois de mai.

La ville espagnole et son stade de San Mamés, l’antre du club de football Athletic Bilbao doté de 53 000 places, avait vu le sacre du Leinster sur le Racing 92 (15-12) en Champions Cup, et le succès des Cardiff Blues sur Gloucester (31-30) en Challenge.

Le calendrier de Champions Cup et Challenge Cup

Phase de poules

1re journée : 5, 6 et 7 décembre 2025

2e journée : 12, 13 et 14 décembre 2025

3e journée : 9, 10 et 11 janvier 2026

4e journée : 16, 17 et 18 janvier 2026

Phase finale

Huitièmes de finale : 3, 4 et 5 avril 2026

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Quarts de finale : 10, 11 et 12 avril 2026

Demi-finales : 1er, 2 et 3 mai 2026

Finale de Challenge Cup 2026 : vendredi 22 mai 2026

Finale de Champions Cup 2026 : samedi 23 mai 2026

 


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NoLongerARuck 30 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Cant understand the Rhetoric. Game up North is speeding up and prem refs are the best at it. What I dont like is when the different camps assess refs and who it will favour. For me that just sets up the confirmation bias which fans hop onto when decisions are made. These are quality refs who will decide based on whats in front of them.

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Scrubbadub 42 minutes ago
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NB 43 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Yes there are. Scotland and Glasgow spend a huge amount of time linking one ruck to another and it’s a very legit way to play the game, and try to beat the Boks.

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NoLongerARuck 43 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

NZ didnt look comfortable against the Stormers line speed and physicality. Their discipline was also a shambles. A solid scrum is the first step but to beat this team they need to improve their bench and match the bomb squad, concede <10 pens a game and match up with the physicality and make a mess of the Bok lineout. They also need to massively improve their catching on this tour.

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NB 44 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Se3e next article and how the Stormers managed to ‘bend’ Karl Dickson away from his typical refereeing pattern!

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NB 45 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Good point a lot will fall on say, Numia-Aumua-Newell is they come off the pine.

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NB 46 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

If I’m not mistaken the clips come from 2024, which is in the past. And NZ do have the same front row then, available on tour now - De Groot, Taylor and Lomax.😁

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NoLongerARuck 47 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

I agree the Boks cant build rucks like this. They need lots of mauls, pens and scrums but not only that they need penetration from broken field situations involving the contestables.

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NB 48 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'



The reason South African sides can dominate on the opposition feed and still have a negative penalty count is that referees are not rewarding backward movement; they are rewarding legal dominance. If a pack drives forward but is judged to have angled in, lost its bind, collapsed, or infringed first, the penalty goes against it.

So, let’s get this right. SA scrums are still ‘dominant’ but refs penalize them for it on defence? They do it ‘legally’ when they have the ball and win pen, but use the same techs on defence and get the opposite result?



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NoLongerARuck 56 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Problem wont come in the starters for the All Blacks, it has always come from the bench in the last 3 years. The Boks bench doesnt drop off, the All Blacks do and alot of the bench players were in that stormers match. The All Blacks are lacking depth and the bench problem is potentially larger than any of the starting ones. If they lose the Scrum and lineout after 50mins it wont matter how good Grooter, Lomax or Holland are.

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NB 58 minutes ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Yes the Argy game sorta proved the point didn’t it NLR?

When teh Boks try to keep ball [100+ rucks] and keep it in play [43’ last weekend] they are pretty ordinary. When they keep it for 70-80 rucks and limit ball-in-play to around 35’ they can be extraordinary and look unbeatable!



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NB 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Yep WB gave them a 22-0 head start, then scored he next 38 points!

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NB 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

I see a big challenge coming from the ABs at lineout time, if they do pick Vaai at 6 and say, Lord + Holland in the second row they cd have better lineout athletes there…

I also think you’re correct about altitude… Glasgow/Scotland/Ireland and the WBs ahve all won matches recently on the high veld.



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NoLongerARuck 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

2 pretty distinct camps developing around this tour but are NZ concentrating their fire where they should be. South Africa built 114 rucks at the weekend, had 148 carries and forced Argentina into 188 tackles. Argentina made 92% of their tackles and defended like beasts. South Africa also made just 147 passes indicating the one off runner was a big theme behind that thanks to Argentina line speed and a willingness to fan out on defence. The Boks also made 43 kicks, how did they do that while building 114 rucks? Lots of possession thats how. Argentina focused on making tackles and meeting physicality head on in the contact zone, they let the Boks have the rucks and the ball. Springboks also couldnt win the ball back from the contestables, kicked too long, made too many mistakes, retreating catchers taking the ball over their heads worked. Argentina could and perhaps should have drawn despite their scrum and set piece struggling. Even so they gave the All Blacks a template on how to defend the Boks. Their wide attack also exposed space and if they didnt have 16 handling errors they might have done something special. NZ are talking about running the Boks off their feet, playing with tempo and pace and building rucks. Perhaps the best way to beat the Boks is to let them have the ball, make mistakes and then spread it wide using your skill to beat the defence? So my question is, are NZ firing shots on and off the field in the wrong direction playing into the hands of an opponent that wants them to run? Judging by the Stormers game I would say yes.

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NB 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

The ABs will say that the Nations Champ showed they can retain the ball for 130+ rucks per game. So did Scotland against an excellent Bok jackaling team.

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Eric Elwood 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Thanks, taking baby steps @NB

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NB 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Lesson of Glasgow Warriors in the 2025 URC final EE. They lasted the second half better than the Bulls.

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NB 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Which is why it’s so hard for the ref to make the adjudication CW. I only saw one scrum where Tosi clearly drops it, the other two were worth a reset, unsatisfactory as those are!

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NB 1 hour ago
'The phoney war on the Greatest Rivalry tour is already gale-force in its intensity.'

Will make the series more interesting rather than less for sure DP!

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Passit2me 1 hour ago
Wallabies won't shy away from 'license to play' under Kiss

Honestly, their attacking fluency was a shadow of what we saw in the first 3 tests. I hope Paisami gets his no look passing angles out the back better for Declan to collect on the sweeping run.

It would also be great for the Wallabies to switch their intensity back on in defence. We were playing good heads up defence late in Schmidts tenure, but we have been looking lacklustre lately.



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