RUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points
BRENDAN GALLAGHER
I FEEL the need to tap out a quick memo to the suits who are increasingly making a dog’s dinner of running our game and butchering the European Champions Cup. It concerns the difference between league and cup competitions and the urgent need for the “luck of the draw” to play a role.
A league is designed to ruthlessly ascertain the best team over a season with home and away matches all the way come autumn, winter and spring well at least until the play-offs kick in. It needs...
