CHRIS HEWETT
THINKING ALLOWED

HERE’S a little brain-teaser, just to make sure you’ve been paying attention at the back of the class: since 2014, when European club rugby’s ruling class was overthrown in an Anglo-French palace coup, what word would best describe the governance of the Champions Cup?
Anyone offering “clueless” as an answer risks detention – or maybe a gold star, on the basis that you can be rude and right at the same time.
The executives’ word of choice is “meritocratic” and they trot it out as automatically as politicians say “I’ve been VERY clear on this from the start” in...