JEFF PROBYNA FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

The European Champions Cup has reached the quarter-final stage last weekend with a mixed bag of teams from the three leagues involved.The five French sides – La Rochelle, Toulouse, Racing 92, Bordeaux Begles and ASM Clermont Auvergne – made up the biggest contingent followed by the Premiership with Sale and Exeter and just one, Leinster, from the PRO14.Although we have had a strange season this year, teams have been playing more or less regular fixtures and so should be considered well prepared for this elite competition, pa...