Challenge Cup

WHO WOULD have thought it only a few years ago when they were jockeying for the title of the best club in Europe, but Saracens and Toulon are the headline acts in this season’s Challenge Cup.
They are among three former winners of the Champions Cup in the tournament along with Brive, while Biarritz and Perpignan have contested finals, both losing to Toulouse.
It is harder not to qualify for the last 16 than to make it through the group stage. There are three groups of five teams: the top three in each will qualify along with the highest rank team which finishes fourth. Th...