Champions Cup Qualification 2017/18

Much happier with this format, the league will work better for it. And any run in the challenge cup has a genuine benefit at the end with a spot in the Champions cup.

On a side note I was at the final in Edinburgh last weekend and the Enisei team paraded the ERC shield the won that morning at half time. They've qualified for the Challenge Cup next season on the back of it. They looked pretty chuffed! Tried to attach a photo there but it didn't work....

Personally disappointed we wont see any Italian clubs in the top tier of european rugby for the foreseeable. I would've liked to have seen the introduction of a development / transfer "tax" imposed on clubs who continually pluck the best italian players from their clubs sides and then complain about the lack of quality in Italian rugby.

New rules :
What happens if BOTH Challenge Cup winner AND finalist are qualified through their League?
Exceptional play-off?

Edit : could well happen on a regular basis, for example 2 within 3 of LaRochelle, Ospreys or Bath, who weren't far this season

So we'll have to pray for Cardiff winning it as they did in the past. Straight into ChampionsCup if we manage to finish 8th as high as this year.
Lack of ambition, you'd say, but still a reasonable possibility

Shelflife wrote: It used to be that the next best position in their league would qualify.

Could have a play-off between the losing semi-finalists, don't know how you'd sort home advantage though.

Siob wrote: Could have a play-off between the losing semi-finalists, don't know how you'd sort home advantage though.

Connnnnacht wrote:

Siob wrote: Could have a play-off between the losing semi-finalists, don't know how you'd sort home advantage though.

And what happens if the 2 of them have qualified?!