- Champions Cup unlikely to finish in satisfactory fashion
- Premiership in serious limbo with one club under threat
Any chance of a neat and tidy end to this European club rugby season looks increasingly forlorn following the decision in France to cancel the Top 14 campaign and concentrate on launching a full 2020-21 season in September.
It makes it very difficult to see how the 2019-20 Champions Cup can now be satisfactorily completed, with the tournament still marooned at its last-eight stage. With French clubs filling three of its quarter-final berths, any faint chance of knockout European rugby occurring in France before September has been dashed.
Written by Robert Kitson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/30/european-club-season-hangs-by-a-thread-after-france-cancels-top-14-season under the title “Premiership and Champions Cup hang by thread as France ends Top 14 season”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
