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THE 2018 CHAMPIONS' CUP

EUROPEAN WEEKENDS ARE – AT ONCE – AN EXCITEMENT AND AN EXHAUSTION. THIS WEEK’S ROUND FIVE ROAD TRIP TOOK IN BELFAST AND PARIS: OUTDOORS IN THE WIND AND THE RAIN AT A SALTY RAVENHILL AND INDOORS IN A SPACE-AGE ARENA IN DOWNTOWN PARIS. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WERE A REAL RUGBY CONTRAST.

Belfast, it was once said, is the ugly child you love the most, which is a…