A big weekend of global sports is upon us.
Singapore hosts the Rugby Sevens and LIV Golf. F1 comes to Miami. SailGP comes to Bermuda. There are NSL events in Rhode Island and Nashville. The Investec Champions Cup rugby semifinals happen in Ireland and in France. Finally, the Challenger Cup semifinals take place too on Saturday. This is the second division of European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).
The EPCR Challenger Cup semis are both being contested in England. The matchups are the Sharks (Durban, South Africa) vs Clermont (Central France) and Gloucester (west of England) vs Benetton (outside Venice, Italy). After the finals are played on May 24th one of these four teams will emerge victorious and thereby qualify for the Investec Champions Cup next season, the "Champions League" of European rugby, and the strongest club rugby competition in the world.
But how does it all work, you may wonder?