Rugby’s Champions Cup shines as pool stage perfection defies prediction | Dean Ryan

It was designed to be fairer format that offered a stern test of the best, and so far it seems to have got it right• Robert Kitson: Bath and Wasps glow as English clubs get lively New name, new format, but the same old problem. In France, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, directors of rugby and head coaches, not to mention those backers who have paid good money for success, will be trying to work out how many points is it going to take to get into the knockout stages of Europe.With the Heineken Cup, it was reckoned that 18 points stood a side in good stead. But what about the Champions Cup…