AT LONG last, we know how the remodelled knock-out stage of the European Champions Cup will be pieced together. By the second week in March, we will be granted further illumination in the shape of the draw.
Leaving aside the election of a new Pope, is there anything slower-moving than a rugby body robed in its own solemnity? Sixteen teams, blind draw, straight knock-out, done. If only...with the sport’s future.

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