European Rugby Champions Cup: talking points from the weekend's action

Leicester excel with familiarity, referee Raynal’s mistake makes for awkward viewing and French sides set a new low on their travelsRichard Cockerill said after Leicester’s 38-0 defeat at Thomond Park that it would be “very, very difficult” for the Tigers to qualify for the Champions Cup quarter-finals and that the biggest prize they would be playing for in the return at Welford Road was pride. Victory in the return against Munster prompted a change of mind and a place in the quarter-finals had become a possibility on Saturday night. It will mean winning in Paris in the next round when Racing …