Reddan hoping for solution to Euro stand-off

RABO DIRECT PRO12:

Ask the Leinster scrum-half if he could foresee a drain of Irish players to Britain and France in the event of the Heineken Cup going belly-up, and he says yes. Yet enquire whether he sees the Heineken Cup going belly-up in the first place, and the answer is a resounding no.

Like us all, Reddan is hoping the hard ball being played by the English and French leagues this week will ultimately amount to nothing more than bluff and brinkmanship and that all will be hunky dory come this time next year.