Sale started the week by losing Steve Diamond and ended it with a 26-14 defeat at the hands of Toulon in their Champions Cup opener.
Bristol Bears and Clermont Auvergne get things underway in the Champions Cup on Saturday, while Toulon host Sale and Leinster travel to Montpellier.
Exeter Chiefs will begin their Champions Cup title defence with a home fixture against Glasgow Warriors on Sunday December 13.
Champions Cup holders Exeter Chiefs will face Glasgow Warriors and Toulouse in the 2020/21 pool stages.
France head coach Fabien Galthie has named a full-strength Les Bleus side for their Test against Wales in Paris on Saturday.
Bristol claimed their first European trophy with a 32-19 win over Toulon in Friday night's Challenge Cup final in Aix-en-Provence.
Exeter's Champions Cup final against Racing 92 will go ahead as planned after the French club returned no positive tests for coronavirus.
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.
The sixth instalment of our Rugby Union Top 10 series, as we take a look at 10 of France's greatest performers.
Julian Savea will leave Toulon this week and return to New Zealand to try to continue his professional rugby career.
Mike Ford joins the Golden Point Daily podcast to discuss his coaching influences, experiences, and Sam Burgess.
Rhys Webb has likely made his final appearance for Toulon, says owner Bernard Lemaitre, who criticised the scrum-half for his "dishonest" behaviour.
Rhys Webb will rejoin Ospreys at the end of the season after Toulon agreed to release him from his contract 12 months early.
As 2019 comes to a close, put your rugby union knowledge from the last 12 months to the test.
Find out who makes it into our XV this week as the standouts of clubs from six countries and four different competitions combine.
It has been a stunning 10 years in rugby union and now it's your chance to vote on which moments stood out the most.
Leicester stay unbeaten, Bristol enjoy a comeback win and Edinburgh edge out Wasps in Saturday's pool matches.
We recap all of the action from Saturday's seven European Challenge Cup matches, including a huge win for Leicester.
Bristol, Leicester and the Dragons all made it two wins from two in the second round of Challenge Cup matches.
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