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Tue 04 Apr 2007English clubs vote to follow if French pull outEuropean Cup:The top English clubs will join their French counterparts in a boycott of next season's European Heineken Cup unless Twickenham agrees to changes in the way the tournament is run.Last night the 12 Premiership clubs agreed to pull out of the European and European Challenge cups if the Ligue Nationale de Rugby decides at a meeting on Thursday to activate the boycott threat made in January.