Remember 2022... The arrival of South African clubs in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, the continental rugby competitions, caused a wave of shock, between fatalism and astonishment, among rugby players.
“It’s no longer the European Cup,” lamented the man who was then the best player in the world, Antoine Dupont.
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A year and a half later, the competitions organized by the European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) have finished with their 2nd qualifying phase involving the five South African clubs invited to the French, British, Irish or Italian table.
It's time to take a first sporting, economic and environmental assessment of this new competition, which is now more international than European.
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