HIGHLIGHTS of the latest round of Champions League football ran for 80 minutes on BBC1 last Wednesday. Contrast that to the terrestrial TV coverage for the opening round of the Champions Rugby Cup. There wasn’t any.
Some could usually be found on S4C but the collective failure of all four Welsh regions to qualify left the Welsh language channel with no choice but to drop down into the second-tier Challenge Cup to find their teams.
That said, Premier Sports who hold exclusive rights to the premier event were all the better for having at least two ex-players who, unlike some of ...