Exhilarating rugby at heart of English clubs’ European power grab | Robert Kitson

The Premiership sides have turned the tables on their French Champions Cup rivals with a sense of adventure that suggests mindsets are finally changingSo how did that happen? Three Premiership sides in the last four of Europe for only the second time in history, two semi-finals on English soil (one of them on St George’s Day) and the almost unthinkable possibility of an all-English final in Lyon next month. Few foresaw any of this in October when England were being unceremoniously dumped out of the Rugby World Cup in the group stage. Related: Wasps and Exeter deliver classic that leaves both s…

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