English clubs set to vote on Heineken Cup

A decision on English clubs playing in Europe next season is expected to be made at a meeting of Premiership Rugby’s shareholders in London tomorrow.

Owners and chief executives from all 12 Aviva Premiership clubs – as well as delegates from shareholders Leeds and Bristol – will convene for what has been described as “effectively an emergency meeting” following Ligue Nationale de Rugby’s (LNR) announcement last Thursday that French clubs would be pulling out of a proposed Rugby Champions Cup.