Where to watch 2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup knockouts
• 30 Apr 2025
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Four teams left means just one more game until the final…
The four rounds of the pool stage were completed in January and after a break, the 2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup campaign is ready to return.
16 teams will start the knockout stage, all with the same goal of achieving the biggest prize in European (and South African) club rugby.
With the knockouts set to get going this Friday, check out the information regarding where to watch the remainder of the competition, the story so far and more.
Where to watch 2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup
Prior to the start of the campaign, an announcement was made that declared a new lead broadcaster for viewers in the UK and Ireland, with TNT Sports long-time association with the competition ending in favour of new broadcaster, Premier Sports.
Premier Sports and EPCR agreed a three-year deal that will conclude at the end of the 2026/27 season. They will show all 63 Champions Cup matches, adding to their already solid collection of rugby content to become the most comprehensive ‘home of rugby’ in the UK and Ireland.
How to get Premier Sports
Premier Sports consists of the Premier Sports 1 & 2 channels as well as La Liga TV, plus streaming options via the Premier Sports website and app that is available on mobile, tablet, and Smart TV.
To gain access to Premier Sports, you’ll need to sign up via one of the various methods.
Via Premier Sports website
If you simply desire to watch Premier Sports via streaming and apps, you can opt for subscribing via the Premier Sports website. There are three payment methods:
- Monthly rolling – £15.99 a month
- Annual (12-month contract) – £11.99 a month
- Annual upfront – £120 a year
Via Amazon
That may sound broad, but that’s because there are two options. You can watch Premier Sports on Fire TV as it has the Premier Sports app, so if you subscribe via the Premier Sports website you will have access via Fire TV.
Alternatively, you can subscribe via Amazon Prime Video for £15.99 a month. Do note that you will need an Amazon Prime account to access Prime Video (monthly cost of Amazon Prime is £8.99).
Via Virgin Media
For Virgin Media customers, you can add Premier Sports to your existing TV pack, or add it onto the channels that you want to select if you are new to Virgin and are setting up your package.
It is available at £15.99 a month on a rolling contract, so you can drop it and add it again whenever you’d like.
Via Sky
For Sky customers, it’s slightly more complicated. Essentially, you sign up through the Premier Sports website, but instead of clicking on the option for ‘Streaming’, you select ‘Sky’.
This will take you to the same looking subscription page, so choose whichever payment method you’d like (£11.99 monthly, 12-month contract | £15.99 monthly, rolling contract | £120 annually), but after that you’ll be redirected to a set of on-screen instructions which will tell you how to add Premier Sports to your Sky subscription.
You’ll already need a valid Sky TV subscription to be able to add your Premier Sports subscription and access the Premier Sports channels.
Unlike with Virgin Media, signing up for Premier Sports with Sky will also give you access to streaming via the website and apps since you are subscribing to Premier Sports through the website then linking your account to Sky.
2024/25 European Rugby Champion Cup: Story so far
The competition has been flying through the knockout stages, with the semi-finals left to play to determine who will be going to Cardiff for the final.
Defending champions Toulouse are still in it to retain their title, having knocked off fellow French side Toulon in the quarter-finals.
Leinster currently look like the most likely side to dethrone Toulouse, having dispatched their last two opponents in the Round of 16 and quarter-finals without conceding a single point.
From the remaining four teams, it is hard to choose who could emerge victorious from this season, with each finding a great vein of form at the right time.
2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup: Tables
Pool 1
Team (seed) | Wins | Draws | Losses | PD | BP (TB-LB) | PTS |
| Bordeaux (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | +141 | 4 (4-0) | 20 |
| Toulouse (5) | 4 | 0 | 0 | +163 | 3 (3-0) | 19 |
| Leicester Tigers (10) | 2 | 0 | 2 | -15 | 3 (3-0) | 11 |
| Ulster (16) | 1 | 0 | 3 | -61 | 1 (1-0) | 5 |
| Sharks | 1 | 0 | 3 | -87 | 1 (1-0) | 5 |
| Exeter Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 4 | -141 | 1 (1-0) | 1 |
Pool 2
Team (seed) | Wins | Draws | Losses | PD | BP (TB-LB) | PTS |
| Leinster (2) | 4 | 0 | 0 | +59 | 2 (2-0) | 18 |
| La Rochelle (8) | 2 | 0 | 2 | +23 | 3 (1-2) | 11 |
| Benetton (11) | 2 | 0 | 2 | -26 | 3 (2-1) | 11 |
| Clermont (14) | 2 | 0 | 2 | +8 | 2 (2-0) | 10 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 3 | -12 | 3 (1-2) | 7 |
| Bristol Bears | 1 | 0 | 3 | -52 | 3 (2-1) | 7 |
Pool 3
Team (seed) | Wins | Draws | Losses | PD | BP (TB-LB) | PTS |
| Northampton Saints (3) | 3 | 0 | 1 | +31 | 4 (4-0) | 16 |
| Castres (6) | 3 | 0 | 1 | +19 | 2 (2-0) | 14 |
| Munster (9) | 2 | 0 | 2 | +27 | 4 (2-2) | 12 |
| Saracens (13) | 2 | 0 | 2 | +20 | 3 (2-1) | 11 |
| Bulls | 1 | 0 | 3 | -29 | 1 (1-0) | 5 |
| Stade Francais | 1 | 0 | 3 | -68 | 1 (1-0) | 5 |
Pool 4
Team (seed) | Wins | Draws | Losses | PD | BP (TB-LB) | PTS |
| Toulon (4) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1-0) | 13 |
| Glasgow Warriors (7) | 2 | 0 | 2 | +11 | 4 (3-1) | 12 |
| Sale Sharks (12) | 2 | 0 | 2 | -11 | 2 (2-0) | 10 |
| Harlequins (15) | 2 | 0 | 2 | +31 | 1 (1-0) | 9 |
| Racing 92 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -12 | 1 (1-0) | 9 |
| Stormers | 1 | 0 | 3 | -16 | 1 (1-0) | 5 |
PD = Points difference | BP = Bonus points | TB = Try bonus | LB = Losing bonus
2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup: Stats leaders
Credit: All 10 of Damian Penaud's 2024/25 Pool Stage Tries | Investec Champions Cup (Investec Champions Cup & EPCR Challenge Cup, YouTube)
Club
- Points: 307 – Bordeaux
- Tries: 45 – Toulouse & Bordeaux
- Carries: 904 – Leinster
- Clean breaks: 94 – Bordeaux
- Defenders beaten: 176 – Northampton Saints
- Turnovers won: 66 – Bordeaux
- Kicks: 184 – Castres
- Tackles: 701 – Bordeaux
- Tackle success: 82% – Glasgow Warriors
- Lineout success: 93% – Bordeaux
Player
- Points: 87 – Thomas Ramos, Toulouse
- Tries: 12 – Damian Penaud, Bordeaux
- Penalties: 8 – Melvyn Jaminet, Toulon
- Conversions: 32 – Thomas Ramos, Toulouse
- Carries: 93 – Jordie Barrett, Leinster
- Clean Breaks: 20 – Damian Penaud, Bordeaux
- Defenders beaten: 26 – Jack Nowell, La Rochelle
- Tackles: 85 – Caelan Doris, Leinster
- Kicks: 64 – Maxime Lucu, Bordeaux
2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup: Knockouts
The 16 teams who finished first to fourth in their pools advanced to the knockouts, with their table positions and records giving them a seed which corresponded to who they’d play in the Round of 16.
As usual, the teams who finished fifth in their pool dropped down to play in the EPCR Challenge Cup, the second-tier European competition. They stepped into the Round of 16 there but faced an away tie.
The knockouts consist of single-elimination matches starting with the Round of 16, proceeding to the quarter-finals and then the semi-finals, at the end of which, the winning two teams of the semi-finals will progress to play in this year's final.
2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup: Semi-final fixtures
Saturday 3rd May
- Leinster vs Northampton – 5.30pm
Sunday 4th May
- Bordeaux vs Toulouse – 3pm
All times are in BST.
2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup: Final
The 2024/25 European Rugby Champions Cup final will take place on 24th May 2025 and will be played at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
European Rugby Champion Cup: Winners
Credit: Instant Highlights - Leinster Rugby v Stade Toulousain Final | Investec Champions Cup 2023/24 (Investec Champions Cup & EPCR Challenge Cup, YouTube)
Past 5 winners
- 2023/24: Toulouse
- 2022/23: La Rochelle
- 2021/22: La Rochelle
- 2020/21: Toulouse
- 2019/20: Exeter Chiefs
All-time records
Club
- Most titles: 6 – Toulouse
- Most finals appearances: 8 – Toulouse
- Most wins by nation: 12 – France
Player
- Most appearances: 112 – Cian Healy
- Most tries: 41 – Chris Ashton
- Most points: 1365 – Ronan O’Gara
- Most titles: 6 – Frederic Michalak
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