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Champions Cup 2025/26 Preview

Champions Cup 2025/26 Preview

Update: 2025-12-05
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The new season of the Investec Champions Cup gets underway this weekend with Munster facing a tough test away to Bath and Leinster hosting Harlequins.

Elsewhere, Rassie Erasmus has signed a new long term contract with South Africa which will see him stay on as head coach of the Springboks until the 2031 World Cup.

Meanwhile, South African second-row Eben Etzebeth has been hit with a twelve-game ban for eye-gouging against Wales last weekend, but did the punishment fit the crime?

Paul Wallace speaks to Matt ahead of the weekend's fixtures.

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Champions Cup 2025/26 Preview

Champions Cup 2025/26 Preview