Can the Irish provinces finally get back to the European summit?
Hard to believe, but it will be six years since an Irish team reached a Heineken/Champions Cup final, by the time the tournament breaks new ground at the San Mames Stadium, in Bilbao, next May.
That all-Irish affair, back in 2012, between the then reigning champions, Leinster, and Ulster, at Twickenham, signalled the end of an amazing period of Irish dominance.
