COVID has exposed the ridiculous situation European rugby is in.
The revised Champions and Challenge Cups were doomed from the moment teams were stranded in South Africa in the United Rugby Championship. The situation worsened when clubs were forced to forfeit and their opponents were ‘awarded’ 28-nil wins, and got completely out of hand when France closed its borders causing games to be postponed. Ospreys forfeited a game that would have been postponed!
A decision needs to be taken quickly – abandon the European competitions until we are completely free of Covid r...