JEREMY GUSCOTT
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK

IT is no surprise that there are four French quarter-finalists in the European Cup, including reigning champions Toulouse, last year’s beaten finalists La Rochelle, Top 14 leaders Montpellier, and Racing 92, who have been runnersup twice.
France are often strongly represented in Europe – on average they have had three of the eight quarterfinalists since the tournament started in 1996 – and this time they have gone one better.
The reality for the English and Irish clubs – let alone the Scottish and Welsh – is that it is only when y...