We have our Quarter-Finalists for the Champions and Challenge Cups – but who were the star performers this weekend?!…
Here’s RUCK’s selection along with a few honourable mentions.
Fullback: Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors)
Honourable mentions:
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Ben Howard (Worcester)
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Matthew Morgan (Cardiff Blues)
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Tom Homer (Bath Rugby)
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Yoann Huget (Toulouse)
Find someone who looks at you the way Stuart Hogg looks at @GlasgowWarriors team-mate Jonny Gray… 😂🏉👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/6JDeZcnbSk
— SNS Group (@snsgroup) January 21, 2017
Wing: Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors)
Honourable mentions:
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Chris Ashton (Saracens)
📸 Tommy Seymour opened the scoring at Welford Road this evening. The Warriors lead 31-0 at half-time #ChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/hs6eJmYO5h
— Glasgow Warriors 🏉 (@GlasgowWarriors) January 21, 2017
Centre: Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon)
Honourable mentions:
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Will Addison (Sale Sharks)
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Remi Lamerat (Clermont)
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Mark Bennett (Glasgow)
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Elliot Daly (Wasps)
Centre: Robbie Henshaw (Leinster)
Honourable mentions:
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Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors)
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Gael Fickou (Toulouse)
Two tries from Robbie Henshaw help Leinster to Champions Cup draw at Castres: https://t.co/y3thjGVl7g #CASvLEI pic.twitter.com/wi4WHg4OXX
— Newstalk Sport (@NewstalkSport) January 20, 2017
Wing: Nemani Nadolo (Montpellier)
Honourable mentions:
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Peter O’Mahony (Munster)
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Nick Abendanon (Clermont)
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Lee Jones (Glasgow)
Fly-half: Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors)
Honourable mentions:
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Craig Willis (Newcastle Falcons)
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Sam Davies (Ospreys)
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Danny Cipriani (Wasps)
Awesome to win tonight and get into the quarters. Great performance from the team and an amazing travelling support as always! pic.twitter.com/o56geNKuaa
— Finn Russell (@finn_russell) January 21, 2017
Scrum-half: Antoine Dupont (Castres),
Honourable mentions:
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Rhys Webb (Ospreys)
France can’t fast track Antoine Dupont quick enough. Kid looks like a 100 cap player.
— Ben Coles (@bencoles_) January 20, 2017
Prop: Soso Bekoshvili (Brive)
Hooker: Neil Cochrane (Edinburgh)
Honourable mentions:
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Christoper Tolofua (Toulouse)
Prop: Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)
Unreal feeling making the quarter’s for the first time in the clubs history. Huge team effort and fans were outstanding as always 👊🏻
— Zander Fagerson (@ZanderFagerson) January 21, 2017
Lock: Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Honourable mentions:
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Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors)
Action Shot | @MaroItoje is tackled by Laurent Delboulbes and Levan Chilachava of Toulon pic.twitter.com/E8I1TChp3g
— Saracens Rugby Club (@Saracens) January 21, 2017
Lock: Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors)
Honourable mentions:
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Devin Toner (Leinster)
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Rodrigo Capó Ortega (Castres)
Jonny Gray in Europe
GW top carrier with 64
GW (and Champions Cup) top tackler with 76/80 tacklesAdding guile to his tireless grunt pic.twitter.com/WfjEcm9cLN
— Jamie Lyall (@JLyall93) January 22, 2017
Flanker: Ashley Johnson (Wasps)
Honourable mentions:
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Peceli Yato (Clermont)
Wasps lack bite in win over Zebre as Ashley Johnson scores two tries @gerard_meagher https://t.co/Zjzh0Qa8xU
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) January 22, 2017
Flanker: Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors)
Ryan Wilson scores Glasgow’s fifth try, six minutes into the second-half. Nudging ever closer to 50 points.
— Andrew Baldock (@balders2) January 21, 2017
Number 8: CJ Stander (Munster)
Honourable mentions:
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Steve Mafi (Castres)
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Jackson Wray (Saracens)
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Marco Tauleigne (Bordeaux-Begles)
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Petrus Hauman (Brive)
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John Muldoon (Connacht)
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Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors)
‘It’s costing me at this stage’ – CJ Stander on the money he spends to house all his Man of the Match awards https://t.co/xRhGecJQUB pic.twitter.com/9H7Gm5j4V7
— Independent Sport (@IndoSport) January 11, 2017