Champions Cup has a jeopardy problem: can anyone stop France’s Top 14 giants?
The world is awash with uncertainty, but not, sadly, in the case of rugby’s Champions Cup, which begins on Friday. This season’s winners will be either Toulouse or defending champions Bordeaux Bègles. Next question?
Such is the French stranglehold on the tournament – six consecutive years and counting – that it grows harder, given the existing structure and regulations, to see anyone upsetting the increasingly lopsided odds.


