The Heineken Cup pits the top European club teams against each other in Test like conditions.
This weekend the first round of pool matches began, and a standard was set that wouldn't disappoint the International game.
Defending champions London Wasps sneaked a thrilling victory against perennial hopefuls and past winners, Munster, 24-23.
In the best game of the round a young and dynamic Wasps team twice came from behind to inch past a Munster side full of Irish internationals keen to prove a point following a dire World Cup.
Having made a poor start to the domestic season, Wasps, back with a near full strength team, look like they will once again be fighting to the end for some silver ware.
Danny Cipriani, James Haskell and Tom Rees are the leading force in a young and exciting team which along with some bright prospects at Gloucester are set to form the back bone of the future England squad.
Gloucester themselves won their first round encounter this weekend with a 32-14 away win at Ulster, in a mixed weekend for English teams.
The beauty of the competition is the depth, at least ten teams have a reasonable chance to win it, and nothing less than the best will be enough.
With the prospect of Argentina joining the 'Six Nations', Europe and the Northern Hemisphere is looking like maintaining a formidable opposition to the ever imposing South.
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