Questions over Ulster’s character now put to bed
Given European rugby’s current mess — an announcement confirming the structure of a 20-team Heineken Cup excluding the English clubs is expected shortly — I wonder how long it will be before we will again experience the adrenaline rush that accompanies the final weekend of pool action.
Though six teams were assured of their place in the quarter-finals coming into this weekend’s action and all eight qualified by Saturday evening, there was still so much to be decided with every try scored by those harbouring ambitions of a crucial home draw having the potential to alter the permutations.
