Connect with us

Champions Cup

Sorry to see European Champions Cup lose its shine

The quality of rugby union’s competitions is crucial to its future as a professional sport. However, what we are witnessing is gold standard club/provincial competitions being downgraded all the time.
The sparsely watched Super Rugby in the southern hemisphere, and the declining interest in the ring-fenced Premiership, tell the tale. That is why it is a tragedy that the constant chopping and changing with the format of the European Cup is turning it into a tawdry replica of what was not long ago the outstanding club tournament in the world.
Having discovered that the best format was 20/24 cl...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

Stadium Solutions

Arg v SA

Collinson Tensile

Taurus TapeLifting Giants

One Year To Go

Stadium Solutions

The best betting sites

Globusbet

£10 MINIMUM DEPOSIT CASINOSonline-casinos-nz-banner

Betzillion UKGGBet

free bets

More in Champions Cup