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Peter Jackson: Barmy to downgrade the Champions Cup

According to its promoters, the ‘wonderful’ Champions Cup stands on a pinnacle above everything else as ‘the greatest club competition in the world.’

By Peter Jackson

According to its promoters, the ‘wonderful’ Champions Cup stands on a pinnacle above everything else as ‘the greatest club competition in the world.’
Self-praise, of course, is no recommendation and yet there can be no denying the climactic splendour of last month’s denouement on a scale grand enough to break all manner of box-office records.
The 154,528 at both semi-finals and final saw matches superior in quality to some of those played in the Six Nations.
As chairman of European Professional Club Rugby, Dominic McKay’s dutiful acclamation of the thunderous finale sounde...

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