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Harlequins chairman Mark Evans has been the first major member of the Clubs to go on record to say that he expects a European Superleague, a kind of NH Super 14, to be in operation in the future.
However, he says that any form of regionalisation is not viable on either a financial or social basis noting:
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So, if you were silently holding out for a East Midland Jaguars vs Munster then sadly, you'll have to dream on...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunio...Mark-Evans.html
EDIT: Note the conspicuous absence of Bath in his name dropping European Superleague. But, if the Charities Commission and Bath RFC want to procrastinate for the best part of a decade on whether or not to put up enough temporary stands to hold 15,000 then they must expect to face the dire consequence of being cast aside as everyone else (who for some reason easily manages to get planning permission for their expansion done regardless of the planning issues) marches on.
However, he says that any form of regionalisation is not viable on either a financial or social basis noting:
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But market forces will push us to a situation where we will have Leinster and Munster in Ireland; Cardiff and Swansea in Wales; Stade Francais, Toulouse, Clermont Auvergne and maybe Montpellier in France; and Leicester, Gloucester, and Northampton in England. You might have a couple of other clubs in the mix, anybody who has a multibillionaire investor to bankroll them. They might be Saracens, Toulon or Biarritz but, essentially, that will be it.[/b]
So, if you were silently holding out for a East Midland Jaguars vs Munster then sadly, you'll have to dream on...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunio...Mark-Evans.html
EDIT: Note the conspicuous absence of Bath in his name dropping European Superleague. But, if the Charities Commission and Bath RFC want to procrastinate for the best part of a decade on whether or not to put up enough temporary stands to hold 15,000 then they must expect to face the dire consequence of being cast aside as everyone else (who for some reason easily manages to get planning permission for their expansion done regardless of the planning issues) marches on.