The travel problem for the current Champions Cup is already pretty damned close to a disaster:
The Vodacom Bulls may be the only surviving South African franchise in the Investec Champions’ Cup, but they face a nightmare travel scenario to even get to their quarterfinal match-up with leading English side Northampton.
supersport.com
"the Bulls head to England in no less than eight different flights, as the squad split up amid the lack of seats for the trip.
The nightmare scenario sees some players fly overnight on British Airways, while others will go via Frankfurt, Paris, Doha, Dubai, Amsterdam, Zurich and even Birmingham to get to their training base in Northampton.
And the terrible travelling schedule has played havoc with their preparations, as the team tried their best to finalise their game plan before heading their separate ways on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The travel chaos had a further knock on effect as the team will need to travel on eight different airlines back to South Africa, arriving late Monday in different spurts for their next Vodacom United Rugby Championship game against defending champions Munster.
The net effect is that the team can only train on Thursday in England and lose Monday as a training day on their way back."
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“Two weeks ago we went to Leinster and it took us 28 hours to get to Dublin and 27 hours to get back. "
I guess Munster have a better chance against the Bulls now...
The World Club Cup thing should die as an idea though, I just don't see how it works logistically, environmentally, financially and physically.