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Heineken Cup talks "have now ended"
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<blockquote data-quote="coonor" data-source="post: 591866" data-attributes="member: 39776"><p>As a few people have mentioned, the Heineken Cup needed tweaking rather than abandonment. The qualification was the main problem, but that should have been easily sorted through reducing the Pro 12's involvement. However if the Celtic Unions and ERC refused on this proposal then I understand the English and French teams reasoning for leaving to competition. Having said that, the nature of the actions by the French and English clubs are certainly suggestive of jealousy. An Anglo-French Cup will never hold the standard of the Heineken Cup and while it may at first seem disastrous for the Celtic teams, this could act as a catalyst to raise the entire standard of the Pro12. Hopefully though we will see the Celtic teams join this new cup and in the future the competition will surpass the Heineken Cups quality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coonor, post: 591866, member: 39776"] As a few people have mentioned, the Heineken Cup needed tweaking rather than abandonment. The qualification was the main problem, but that should have been easily sorted through reducing the Pro 12's involvement. However if the Celtic Unions and ERC refused on this proposal then I understand the English and French teams reasoning for leaving to competition. Having said that, the nature of the actions by the French and English clubs are certainly suggestive of jealousy. An Anglo-French Cup will never hold the standard of the Heineken Cup and while it may at first seem disastrous for the Celtic teams, this could act as a catalyst to raise the entire standard of the Pro12. Hopefully though we will see the Celtic teams join this new cup and in the future the competition will surpass the Heineken Cups quality. [/QUOTE]
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