Clubs at crossroads in new era

By Donal Lenihan WITH so much to be decided in terms of qualification to the knockout stages, all eyes will be focused on the remaining 12 pool games in this weekend’s Heineken Cup.

By Sunday evening, all eight qualifiers will be known and the quarter-final draw complete. Over the past three weekends we have been treated to some exhilarating rugby. This weekend will be no different.

The protracted nature of the representative season is evidenced by the fact that from Monday next, the competition enters a period of hibernation until April 10th.