Premiership Rugby’s plans to launch a breakaway European competition next
season collapsed last night after the French clubs, its key ally in the
proposed formation of the Rugby Champions Cup (RCC), voted to remain in the
Heineken Cup for one more year.
Paul Goze, president of the Ligue ÂNational de Rugby (LNR), insisted that the
French had not stabbed their ÂEnglish counterparts in the back, but were
looking to buy more time to implement a new European competition for the
2015-16 season.
However, the LNR decision was Âtaken without the knowledge of Premiership
Rugby officials, who were left to come
Article source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/26/rugby-ireland-best-idUKL4N0JB2OG20131126
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