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Fri 10 Oct 2008Vintage draughts from the Cup that cheers
HEINEKEN EUROPEAN CUP:The greatest club competition in the always offers something new, but certain elements are as perennial as the game itself
IT'S BACK, and it's liable to once again reach parts no other tournament can. As if to prove the point, the 14th running of the Heineken Cup will this evening embrace its 55th entrant, Montauban, whose intimate Stade Saipac will become the competition's 83rd venue next week.
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