Can O’Driscoll cap career with Lions captaincy?
While the deliberations of the ERC won’t have any direct affect on the tournament in 2013, there is no escaping the fact that decisions due in the next few months will shape the Heineken and Amlin Challenge Cups’ futures and have a major impact on the professional game in the Northern Hemisphere.
Despite their Grand Slam in 2012, Welsh regional rugby is in dire shape and the exodus of their best players to France is already having an impact. The Scottish and Italian sides struggled in Europe for a long time and the big hitters from the French and English domestic leagues are running out of patience.
