COLIN BOAG

Thrashing: Josh van der Flier evades the tackle of Josua Vici on his way to scoring Leinster’s ninth try

I know there’s a pandemic and that the world is currently a very different place to the one we’ve been used to, but last weekend’s Champions Cup match between Leinster and Montpellier ought to be setting alarm bells ringing in the headquarters of European rugby.
Everyone knows Leinster have a crazily high playing budget, the exact size of which is shrouded in secrecy, but Montpellier are owned by Mohed Altrad whose net worth is estimated at almost €4b, and the salary ...