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<blockquote data-quote="An Tarbh" data-source="post: 71512"><p>I think we're still a way off having a Spanish team in the HEC just yet but I see no reason why there couldn't be 7 teams from the French, English and Celtic leagues along with 3 Italian teams. Qualification from the CL would purely be based on league standings, no places for countries or no playoffs for the 8th/9th teams. </p><p></p><p>Or if the ERC want to improve the standards then it might be an option to reduce the HEC to 16 teams, where the group winner gets a home quarter final which the second place team hosts a third place team in a one off quarter final play-off. 5 teams from England and France, 4 from the Celtic League and 2 from the Super 10.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="An Tarbh, post: 71512"] I think we're still a way off having a Spanish team in the HEC just yet but I see no reason why there couldn't be 7 teams from the French, English and Celtic leagues along with 3 Italian teams. Qualification from the CL would purely be based on league standings, no places for countries or no playoffs for the 8th/9th teams. Or if the ERC want to improve the standards then it might be an option to reduce the HEC to 16 teams, where the group winner gets a home quarter final which the second place team hosts a third place team in a one off quarter final play-off. 5 teams from England and France, 4 from the Celtic League and 2 from the Super 10. [/QUOTE]
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