Dublin may benefit from decision on ERC double

ERC chiefs will decide next summer whether or not to continue their policy of playing both European finals in the same city, with Dublin poised to benefit if the arrangement is kept in place for 2013.

The Aviva Stadium has already been pencilled in as the venue for that campaign’s Heineken Cup decider and the RDS would be the front runner — and probably the only runner — in the contest to welcome the Amlin Challenge Cup competitors.

Until last season, the ERC had played the ultimate games in both competitions in different cities and, more often than not, in different countries with the exception of 2007 when the Amlin was played in Harlequins’ The Stoop and the Heineken next door in Twickenham.