Ulster’s Stuart McCloskey admits he most popular the Investec Champions Cup’s earlier format, including the present construction can go away groups with an “completely horrible draw”.
Groups beforehand performed their pool opponents residence and away, however this season Ulster’s 4 pool video games are away to holders Toulouse and Leicester and at residence to Bordeaux and Exeter in Belfast.
Final season, Ulster didn’t qualify for the knockout phases after defeats by Tub, Toulouse and Harlequins.
“I most popular the previous one, I feel most individuals do,” stated McCloskey.
“I’ve spoken to most gamers they usually all choose the previous method. I do know it is in all probability much less video games and we should always choose that as a result of it is in all probability higher on the our bodies, however I most popular the previous method.”
McCloskey added he believes the earlier set-up was “a bit extra reduce and dry with what you needed to do”.
“I actually favored that residence and away [fixtures against the same club], like that fixture round Christmas. We had the Toulouse one eight or 9 years in the past [in the 2015-16 competition].
“There are some years with this one that you just appear to get a fully horrible draw. You may say our draw is not notably nice with the actual fact we have got first and second within the Prime 14 [Toulouse and Bordeaux] within the first two video games.”
