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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 613443" data-attributes="member: 48703"><p>I don't buy snoopy's point that you have to have been in existence since the Victorian era to have a Calcutta Cup type rivalry that fans and players care about. Rivalries and intriguing matches can come out of modern times as well, just look at Clermont vs Leinster rivalry in the Heineken Cup built on some close epic encounters in recent times not based on the year that they were both founded. And in fact Ospreys and Leicester developed quite a rivalry other a few frequent meetings around 2005-2010 period, with bad feelings between them after Leicester tried to kick the Ospreys out the Heineken Cup for having a 16th man on the field for about 5 seconds and Henson's ridiculous ban before that. Also of course there could be something at stake in the games for a change which would make more fans care as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 613443, member: 48703"] I don't buy snoopy's point that you have to have been in existence since the Victorian era to have a Calcutta Cup type rivalry that fans and players care about. Rivalries and intriguing matches can come out of modern times as well, just look at Clermont vs Leinster rivalry in the Heineken Cup built on some close epic encounters in recent times not based on the year that they were both founded. And in fact Ospreys and Leicester developed quite a rivalry other a few frequent meetings around 2005-2010 period, with bad feelings between them after Leicester tried to kick the Ospreys out the Heineken Cup for having a 16th man on the field for about 5 seconds and Henson's ridiculous ban before that. Also of course there could be something at stake in the games for a change which would make more fans care as well. [/QUOTE]
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