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European Champions & Challenge Cup
[2018/19 Heineken Cup] Round 1: Pool 3 (14/10/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="FLOBALOB" data-source="post: 917526" data-attributes="member: 73215"><p>[QUOTE="Tooting Carmen, post: 917498, member: 78546"<strong>]Saracens do seem to rotate their squad a bit more, but not really the other English clubs. When Bath fielded a weakened side at Saracens the other week, it caused uproar.</strong> It should also need not be pointed out that the Pro 14 does not have relegation, which means that fewer matches carry a genuine danger factor. With that said, the changes to the rules regarding European qualification a few years ago have certainly made the league more competitive - lots of commentators were pleasantly surprised when Leinster sent a near-full strength team to the Scarlets (bar Sexton) in round two, which would have been almost inconceivable pre-2014.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Bath waved the white flag before the game against Saracens by playing their second string and were quite rightly criticised. That is completely different from rotating their squad.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="FLOBALOB, post: 917526, member: 73215"] [QUOTE="Tooting Carmen, post: 917498, member: 78546"[B]]Saracens do seem to rotate their squad a bit more, but not really the other English clubs. When Bath fielded a weakened side at Saracens the other week, it caused uproar.[/B] It should also need not be pointed out that the Pro 14 does not have relegation, which means that fewer matches carry a genuine danger factor. With that said, the changes to the rules regarding European qualification a few years ago have certainly made the league more competitive - lots of commentators were pleasantly surprised when Leinster sent a near-full strength team to the Scarlets (bar Sexton) in round two, which would have been almost inconceivable pre-2014.[/QUOTE] Bath waved the white flag before the game against Saracens by playing their second string and were quite rightly criticised. That is completely different from rotating their squad. [/QUOTE]
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