Peter Bills has some stark opinions on the state of the Guinness Premiership following a disappointing weekend for English sides in the Heineken Cup inThe Independent.
"Much of the hype generated by the propagandists for the Guinness Premiership evaporated like a pile of snow in hot water last weekend.
"Sale Sharks, Gloucester and Harlequins all lost crucial Heineken Cup matches confirming my long held belief that while some or all of them might enjoy the occasional wondrous day in the Premiership, give them international opposition and they’re nowhere near as convincing.
"Sale were blown away in Limerick by Munster’s rapacious hunger for a quarter final slot. Gloucester, as they invariably do on these occasions, came up short again, at home to Cardiff and Harlequins were so bereft of technical acumen, common sense and discipline in Belfast against Ulster, they didn’t deserve to win."
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