A European Rugby Cup meeting on Tuesday in Dublin is expected to announce the Heineken Cup will go ahead next season. A deal is close to being brokered that will see the tournament continue in its current format, with the leading English and French clubs.

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The Heineken Cup has been plunged into crisis after French clubs said they would boycott next year's competition. France's leading 14 teams say the row in England between the Rugby Football Union and Premiership clubs has led to uncertainty over the event's future.

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