Sam Stuart, Tom Arscott and Josh Basham scored second-half tries to earn Newcastle Falcons a 26-17 Challenge Cup victory over Castres at Stade Pierre-Antoine.
Recap Friday's Challenge Cup action as Leicester Tigers, Cardiff Blues and Benetton beat Brive, Newcastle and Stade Francais respectively.
The Heineken Champions Cup kicks off on Friday night when Northampton host Bordeaux-Begles at Franklin's Gardens in a new-look format for the competition.
Will Greenwood and Rupert Cox discuss the Exeter and Bristol's triumphs in Europe and are joined by Glen Jackson to look ahead to England vs the Barbarians
European Champions Cup winners Exeter and Challenge Cup winners Bristol rightly make up the bulk of our team of the week.
Bristol claimed their first European trophy with a 32-19 win over Toulon in Friday night's Challenge Cup final in Aix-en-Provence.
Newly-crowned Challenge Cup winners Bristol will be ready to step into the Premiership final if called upon, says Pat Lam.
Will Greenwood and Rupert Cox chat to Racing 92's Kurtley Beale, and discuss the Champions Cup, Saracens and Leicester on the podcast.
Players from the Champions Cup, Challenge Cup and Mitre Cup combine in our latest team of the week.
Sergio Parisse is relishing taking on Bristol in the Challenge Cup final after the French side dispatched Leicester in the semi-finals.
Bristol reached their first European final with a 37-20 win over Bordeaux-Begles in their Challenge Cup semi-final.
Five Saracens players are included after their impressive Champions Cup quarter-final win over Leinster.
Bristol produced some scintillating rugby to destroy the Dragons 56-17 at Ashton Gate and book a European Challenge Cup semi-final place.
Players who have moved clubs this summer will be able to to play for their new teams when European competitions resume next month.
European Rugby’s governing body say it is considering an expanded 24-club Champions Cup next season with October a possible date for this season’s finals.
This season's Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finals and finals have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Leicester lost 24-17 to Pau but still banked a home quarter-final, plus the rest of the European Challenge Cup news.
Bristol became the first English side through to the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Challenge Cup with a comprehensive victory over Brive.
As 2019 comes to a close, put your rugby union knowledge from the last 12 months to the test.
Pick your rugby union team of the decade from 2010 to the end of 2019 with our position-by-position vote, from full-back to tighthead prop!