The first piece in a big – and very welcome – week of Champions Cup work for the Irish Examiner. I really do enjoy writing for ‘da paper’.
This very understandable headline hid, for those willing to look closer, a state of the Top 14 sides facing Irish opposition in the fifth round of the 2019/20 Champions Cup.
Simon Zebo limped off eight minutes into Racing 92’s Top 14 victory over Clermont at the weekend, giving boss Laurent Travers an injury headache ahead of Sunday’s Champions Cup return against Munster.
James Harrington: Freelance sports journalist 