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Salary cap alone is not to blame for Euro failure

PAUL REES ASKS SOME EUROPEAN KINGS WHY ENGLISH CLUBS HAVE BEEN OFF THE PACE

Every year the Premiership fails to supply the Heineken Champions Cup with a semi-finalist, a hunt for reasons follows.
The salary cap is cited as the main culprit, all the more so now that it has been cut by nearly 25 per cent, with French and Irish rivals nowhere near as handicapped financially. Another is that success is cyclical and that the good times will surely roll again.
It was only seven seasons ago that England boasted three semifinalists. The only time that had happened before was in 2007 when Wasps...

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