No more dead rubbers in the groups means everyone is capable of winning

Rory Best put if fairly well at the launch of the European Champions Cup in London last week. Asked about the effect of competing in a competition that last season became leaner and meaner, he said: "When you look through it and everyone goes: 'Oh that Leinster pool's tough.' And the Leinster boys are going: 'Yeah it is, but your group's not that easy either.' And whenever you look across the board there's not one where you'd want to start swapping one of their teams for one of ours because suddenly you do that and it's just as tough. And that's the nature of only having 20 teams in it.