Euro Flop Price Welsh Have Paid for Taste of Grand Slam Glory

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Wales may be the birthplace of European rugby but the Heineken Cup has never found any kind of home here. Since the inaugural final at the old Arms Park in 1996, Welsh rugby's record has gone from bad to worse.

Ten years ago, Cardiff reached the first final against Toulouse and they are still the only Welsh side to get that far.

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Euro Flop Price Welsh Have Paid for Taste of Grand Slam Glory

But any chances of a Welsh side actually lifting European rugby's biggest prize for the first time seem as far away as ever in 2005.

The Scarlets, Welsh rugby's flag-bearers in Europe for so long, failed to reach the quarter-fin...

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