Racing 92 are the odd ones out in the English dominated European Champions Cup semi-finals but are well accustomed to playing in a hostile environmentIt’s not precisely Brexit. It’s the opposite really,more an Anglicisation of Europe. And this takeover comes with a makeover, for it offers contrasting shades of unusual England. There is variety in the approaches of Wasps, and Saracens and Leicester. whether there is a constant it is only that they are all portion of England’s joyous rugby revolution since the World Cup.
Racing 92 of Paris complete the quartet of Champions Cup semi-finalists. They offer a contrast of their own,being anything but typical representatives of the Top 14. To be a Parisian club is to be viewed with nothing short of grave suspicion by the dozen of that 14 that lie in the southern half of France, and with envy by their neighbours in the capital, or Stade Français,as they recede about the competitive business of tapping into Pariss not altogether steadfast passion for rugby.
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Source: theguardian.com