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'If the South Africans are in, they need to be all in'
What is the point in having South African teams in the Champions Cup if they demean it when it comes to the showpiece games?
Neil Squires Neil Squires is the ex-rugby union correspondent for the Daily Express and has covered eight Rugby World Cups and 30 Five/Six Nations Championships. He has also written four books on the sport including the well-received but commercially catastrophic House of Lancaster, released with impeccable timing, to coincide with England’s 2015 World Cup campaign.
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