Stade Toulousain Is Trying To Make More History With Sixth EPCR Cup
Stade Toulousain Is Trying To Make More History With Sixth EPCR Cup
Here's a look at every Toulouse Rugby EPCR Champions Cup ahead of the Toulouse vs. Leinster Rugby match on May 25, which will stream live on FloRugby.
If not for Leinster Rugby, Toulouse, or Stade Toulousain, would be on the verge of something special in the rugby world.
Even with Leinster around, the French squad still is.
No European club has won more EPCR Champions Cups than Toulouse. In fact, no professional rugby club has won more championships than Toulouse, full stop.
Among the four most prominent leagues in the world, the Gallagher Premiership, the United Rugby Championship, Top 14 and the Southern Hemisphere’s Super Rugby (the last three of those leagues stream on FloRugby in the United States), no team has won more domestic league more than Toulouse. Stade Toulousain has done it 22 times since 1912 and 10 times since 1996.
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That’s 15 domestic and Champions Cup titles alone since the modern professional era began in the mid-1990s. Only once since the Champions Cup has been played has Toulouse failed to be in the field (that was in 2018).
The latest Champions Cup win was in 2021 when they beat fellow Top 14 rival La Rochelle in Twickenham Stadium in London. Superstar Antoine Dupont helped his team win and won the Champions Cup Player of the Year on the way.
But the last two seasons Toulouse’s season has come to an end at the hands of Leinster Rugby in the knockout stage.
That includes last season, which was the same year that Toulouse would go on to beat La Rochelle, the EPCR Champions, in the Top 14 Final 29-26.
Since 2021 the only teams to beat Toulouse in a knockout stage in either the Champions Cup or the Top 14 have been Castres in the semifinals of Top 14 in 2022 and Leinster.
Currently, Toulouse sits atop of the Top 14 standings with just one week left in the regular season that starts the last week of May.
Toulouse is hoping to do what it did in 2021 when it won both. Here’s a look back at all the times Toulouse has won the Champions Cup.
Toulouse 21, Cardiff Rugby 18, 1996 Champions Cup Final
Toulouse won the first Champions Cup in Cardiff, Wales at National Stadium to claim the first European Professional Club Rugby Championship. They did it grand fashion, needing extra time and a winning penalty pick from Christophe Deylaud to grab the win.
Toulouse 22, Perpignan 17, 2003 Champions Cup Final
Played in Dublin at the famous Lansdowne Road, Toulouse beat Top 14 counterpart Perpignan to claim title No. 2. Yann Delaigue hit five penalty kicks and converted on the only try of the game to power Toulouse.
Toulouse 18, Stade Francais 12, 2005 Champions Cup Final
Another extra time classic, Champions Cup No. 3 featured a game played in Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and featured no tries. All the points were scored on kicks, including a penalty kick in the 81st minute by Frédéric Michalak and drop kick in the 91st minute.
Toulouse 21, Biarritz 19, 2010 Champions Cup Final
Toulouse lost in the 2008 final to Munster but returned two years later to the Final. Played in Paris at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, this is the only Champions Cup Toulouse has won in its home country. Led by Hooker William Servat, Toulouse held off it’s Top 14 counter Biarritz after allowing a try in the 73 minute.
Toulouse 22, La Rochelle 17, 2021 Champions Cup Final
After the 2010 Champions Cup, Toulouse didn’t return to the Final for 11 years. In that time, the club even missed a Champions Cup. Though the club won the Top 14 title three times in those 11 years, they failed to reach the Champions Cup finals. They event saw Top 14 rival Toulon when three straight Champions Cups from 2013-2015, the only team to do so.
But powered by Antoine Dupont, Toulouse beat a rising La Rochelle club, one that would win the next two Champions Cups, by five points. Romain Ntamack made five penalty kicks and converted on a Juan Cruz Mallía try as Toulouse held back a late try from La Rochelle in the 72nd minute.
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The Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship seasons, as well as the Pacific region's professional league, Super Rugby, are all streaming on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States.
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Every game in the Investec Champions Cup is available on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States, including the final in May. Match archives, highlights and breaking news will be available on both platforms.
Investec Champions Cup Semifinal Scores
Here are the scores from the semifinals:
- Leinster Rugby 20, Northampton Saints 17
- Toulouse Rugby 38, Harlequins F.C. 26
Investec Champions Cup Quarterfinals Scores
Here are the scores from the quarterfinals:
- Harlequins F.C. 42, Union Bordeaux-Bègles 41
- Leinster Rugby 40, La Rochelle 13
- Northampton Saints 59, Vodacom Bulls
- Toulouse 64, Exeter Chiefs 26
Investec Champions Cup Round Of 16 Rugby Scores
Here are the scores from the Round of 16:
- Vodacom Bulls 59, Lyon 19, Final
- La Rochelle 22, DHL Stormers 21, Final
- Exeter Chiefs 21, Bath Final
- Union Bordeaux-Bègles 45, Saracens 12, Final
- Leinster 36, Leicester Tigers 22
- Northampton Saints 24, Munster Rugby 14
- Toulouse 31, Racing 92 7
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Investec Champions Cup Scores In Round 1
Dec. 8
- Northampton Saints 28, Glasgow Warriors 19
- Union Bordeaux-Bègles 41, Connacht Rugby 5
Dec. 9
- Exeter Chiefs 19, RC Toulon 18
- Bath Rugby 37, vs. Ulster Rugby 14
- Toulouse 42, vs Cardiff Rugby 7
- Vodacom Bulls 27, Saracens 16
- Munster Rugby 17, Aviron Bayonnais 17
- Bristol Bears 36, Lyon 24
Dec. 10
- Sale Sharks 28, Stade Français 5
- Leinster Rugby 16, La Rochelle 9
- Leicester Tigers 35, DHL Stormers 26
- Harlequins 31, Racing 92 28
All these matches are streaming on FloRugby and the FloSports app.
Investec Champions Cup Scores In Round 2
Dec. 15
- Northampton Saints 22, RC Toulon 19
- Glasgow Warriors 12, Aviron Bayonnais 11
Dec. 16
- DHL Stormers 21, La Rochelle 20
- Saracens 55, Connacht Rugby 36
- Union Bordeaux-Bègles 36, Bristol Bears 17
- Vodacom Bulls 29, Lyon 28
- Leinster Rugby 37, Sale Sharks 27
- Bath Rugby 39, Cardiff Rugby 32
- Ulster Rugby 31, Racing 92 15
Dec. 17
- Exeter Chiefs 32, Munster Rugby 24
- Toulouse 47, Harlequins 19
- Leicester Tigers 27, Stade Français 24
All these matches are streaming on FloRugby and the FloSports app.
Investec Champions Cup Scores In Round 3
Jan. 12
- Northampton Saints 61, Aviron Bayonnais 14
Jan. 13
- Lyon 34, Connacht 20
- Exeter Chiefs 19, Glasgow Warriors 17
- Vodacom Bulls 31, Bristol Bears 17
- Munster Rugby 29, RC Toulon 18
- Leinster Rugby 43, Stade Français 7
- DHL Stormers 31, Sale Sharks 24
- Harlequins 54, Cardiff Rugby 15
- Toulouse 48, Ulster Rugby 24
Jan. 14
- Bath Rugby 29, Racing 92 25
- La Rochelle 45, Leicester Tigers 12
- Union Bordeaux-Bègles 55, Saracens 15
All these matches are streaming on FloRugby and the FloSports app.
Investec Champions Cup Scores In Round 4
Jan. 19
- Glasgow Warriors 29, RC Toulon 5
- Connacht Rugby 27, Bristol Bears 10
Jan. 20
- Harlequins 47, Ulster Rugby 19
- Vodacom Bulls 46, Union Bordeaux-Bègles 40
- Leinster Rugby 27, Leicester Tigers 10
- Racing 92 48, Cardiff Rugby 26
- Northampton Saints 26, Munster Rugby 23
- DHL Stormers 24, Stade Français 20
- Saracens 39, Lyon 24
Jan. 21
- La Rochelle 37, Sale Sharks 24
- Toulouse 31, Bath Rugby 19
- Aviron Bayonnais 40, Exeter Chiefs 17
All these matches are streaming on FloRugby and the FloSports app.
How To Watch Rugby Matches In the United States On FloRugby
The Investec Champions Cup will stream all its matches on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. FloRugby and FloSports also are the U.S. home to:
- Investec Champions Cup
- EPCR Challenge Cup
- United Rugby Championship
- Currie Cup
- Top 14
- Super Rugby
- And more
FloRugby also is home to match archives and match replays.