European rugby returns with a smidge of South African summer

By Matt Hardy England may have lost to the French in the football but in the weekend’s European Champions Cup rugby the English sides won five matches while the French could muster just four. Here are some talking points as the two European rugby competitions returned – this time accompanied by five South African teams. THE BIG EUROPEAN RETURNSaracens marked their return to the Champions Cup with a 30-26 win over Edinburgh. When these sides last met it was last year and in the Challenge Cup – the Scottish side triumphed. But Saracens, back in the top tier competition for the first time since t…

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