Champions Cup chaos 🔥 French Giants Rampant in knockout carnage

About this episode

The episode discusses the chaotic events of the Champions Cup knockout round, highlighting key performances and moments.

The Champions Cup last 16 delivered absolute carnage — huge scorelines, big momentum swings and one of the clearest examples you’ll see of how a game can completely flip. This week on Maul or Nothing, we break down the defining moments of the weekend — from Bath’s front-row impact to Bordeaux running riot — plus everything else across a stacked knockout round. ⸻ 🧠 INSIDE THE EPISODE: •🏉 Bath 31–22 Saracens — how the front-row switches flipped the entire game •💥 Thomas du Toit masterclass (MOTM performance) •🔁 Can a referee change shift momentum mid-game? •⚔️ Barbeary vs Willis — elite No.8 battle •🔴 Bordeaux 64–14 Leicester — try-of-the-season madness (LBB, Penaud, Rayasi) •🌍 Toulon vs Stormers thriller + Sale edge Quins •🐻 Bristol Bears — where it slipped, and why it was already gone 👉 “14–14 while Lahiff was on… damage done before that.” •🇫🇷 Max’s French food jaunt 🍷 •💼 Courtney Lawes to Sale & England implications •💰 Henry Pollock the millionaire?! ⸻ 🎙️ ALSO: •Ryan LIVE at Saints vs Castres — including that interview moment •Plus Glasgow vs Bulls & Leinster vs Edinburgh •Listener reaction to the now infamous “prostate episode”… ⸻ 🔐 SPONSOR — NORDVPN This…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan

Topics covered

• Champions Cup
• rugby analysis
• knockout round
• game momentum
• player performances
• listener reactions

Keywords

• Champions Cup
• rugby
• Bordeaux
• Thomas du Toit
• Courtney Lawes
• knockout round
• momentum shifts
• listener reactions

Sponsors

NordVPN

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Bath, Bordeaux, Leicester, Toulon, Stormers, Sale, Quins, Bristol Bears, Glasgow, Bulls

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