Writing in the Guardian, Michael Alywin sings the praises of the Heineken Cup after witnessing Northampton's victory over Munster.
"It makes you wonder how we cope when there is no European rugby. Yes, the Guinness Premiership is tense and competitive, the Magners League improving, the Six Nations historic. But the fizzy competition beats them all for drama, intensity, quality and cross-border rivalry.
"This was the kind of soaring epic that only the Heineken Cup seems able to provide. When Munster are in town it does strange things to people, and Northampton were never going to treat this as anything less than their biggest guaranteed fixture of the season. If they carry on playing like this, though, they will find even bigger fixtures further down the line."
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