Next year now: Nine bold rugby predictions for 2018

Next year now: Nine bold rugby predictions for 2018

4. Leinster will win the Champions Cup.  Although La Rochelle have impressed and Clermont Auvergne remain a threat, the Irish side appears to be a class above this campaign.
5. Dean Richard’s Newcastle Falcons will win the Challenge Cup.
6. David Pocock will take no time to get back to his best following a year sabbatical. 
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