By NEALE HARVEY
SCHALK Brits has blasted the timing of this year’s Champions Cup final and insists bosses of Europe’s three major leagues must ensure the annual showpiece gets the top end-of-season billing it deserves.
Unlike European football, in which last night’s Champions League final between Real Madrid and Juventus provided a thrilling denouement to the continental campaign, rugby’s biggest club game plays second fiddle to domestic leagues.
Saracens became European champions by beating Clermont in mid-May, but then had their achievement tarnished by losing a Pr...