Paul Rees on the showdown between Toulouse and Bordeaux-Begles in today’s Champions Cup quarter-finals...
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The two best teams in the Investec Champions Cup, holders Bordeaux-Begles and the team they succeeded as champions, Toulouse, collide today at Stade Chaban-Delmas.
One will not make the last four, but it will...