ERC Champions cup draw
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Oh I like Ulster too!
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I might be on my own but the format of two pools just doesn’t appeal. Last year’s attendance figures were some of the worst witnessed probably because of taking away the 4 teams in a group with top guaranteed qualification.
Maybe it’s just having to get used to this new way of doing things. Time will tell.
Personally I’d just take another Gallagher Premiership next season as I don’t think any Premiership Squad stands much chance of glory in Europe with the salary cap reduction.
2023-24 might be different!!
Maybe it’s just having to get used to this new way of doing things. Time will tell.
Personally I’d just take another Gallagher Premiership next season as I don’t think any Premiership Squad stands much chance of glory in Europe with the salary cap reduction.
2023-24 might be different!!
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You're not no your own! Give me groups of 4 any day,plus now there's no whipping boys it would make the highest second place runners up qualification interesting tooIan Cant wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:33 pm I might be on my own but the format of two pools just doesn’t appeal. Last year’s attendance figures were some of the worst witnessed probably because of taking away the 4 teams in a group with top guaranteed qualification.
Maybe it’s just having to get used to this new way of doing things. Time will tell.
Personally I’d just take another Gallagher Premiership next season as I don’t think any Premiership Squad stands much chance of glory in Europe with the salary cap reduction.
2023-24 might be different!!
"Rugby isn't a contact sport,ballroom dancing is a contact sport. Rugby is a collision sport" Heyneke Meyer
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Oh dear - a shark in each pool - reminds me of Thunderball.
I really don’t like this format and especially the excessive travel demands by including Saffers. I doubt I’ll renew my BTSport sub.
I really don’t like this format and especially the excessive travel demands by including Saffers. I doubt I’ll renew my BTSport sub.
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Re: ERC Champions cup draw
2022/23 HEINEKEN CHAMPIONS CUP
POOL A (with opponents in brackets)
Castres Olympique (Exeter Chiefs, Edinburgh Rugby)
Saracens (Lyon, Edinburgh Rugby)
Bulls (Exeter Chiefs, Lyon)
Union Bordeaux-Bègles (Gloucester Rugby, Sharks)
Harlequins (Racing 92, Sharks)
Leinster Rugby (Racing 92, Gloucester Rugby)
Racing 92 (Harlequins, Leinster Rugby)
Gloucester Rugby (Union Bordeaux-Bègles, Leinster Rugby)
Sharks (Union Bordeaux-Bègles, Harlequins)
Lyon (Saracens, Bulls)
Exeter Chiefs (Castres Olympique, Bulls)
Edinburgh Rugby (Castres Olympique, Saracens)
POOL B (with opponents in brackets)
Montpellier Hérault Rugby (London Irish, Ospreys)
Leicester Tigers (ASM Clermont Auvergne, Ospreys)
Stormers (ASM Clermont Auvergne, London Irish)
Stade Toulousain (Sale Sharks, Munster Rugby)
Northampton Saints (Stade Rochelais, Munster Rugby)
Ulster Rugby (Stade Rochelais, Sale Sharks)
Stade Rochelais (Northampton Saints, Ulster Rugby)
Sale Sharks (Stade Toulousain, Ulster Rugby)
Munster Rugby (Stade Toulousain, Northampton Saints)
ASM Clermont Auvergne (Leicester Tigers, Stormers)
London Irish (Montpellier Hérault Rugby, Stormers)
Ospreys (Montpellier Hérault Rugby, Leicester Tigers)
POOL A (with opponents in brackets)
Castres Olympique (Exeter Chiefs, Edinburgh Rugby)
Saracens (Lyon, Edinburgh Rugby)
Bulls (Exeter Chiefs, Lyon)
Union Bordeaux-Bègles (Gloucester Rugby, Sharks)
Harlequins (Racing 92, Sharks)
Leinster Rugby (Racing 92, Gloucester Rugby)
Racing 92 (Harlequins, Leinster Rugby)
Gloucester Rugby (Union Bordeaux-Bègles, Leinster Rugby)
Sharks (Union Bordeaux-Bègles, Harlequins)
Lyon (Saracens, Bulls)
Exeter Chiefs (Castres Olympique, Bulls)
Edinburgh Rugby (Castres Olympique, Saracens)
POOL B (with opponents in brackets)
Montpellier Hérault Rugby (London Irish, Ospreys)
Leicester Tigers (ASM Clermont Auvergne, Ospreys)
Stormers (ASM Clermont Auvergne, London Irish)
Stade Toulousain (Sale Sharks, Munster Rugby)
Northampton Saints (Stade Rochelais, Munster Rugby)
Ulster Rugby (Stade Rochelais, Sale Sharks)
Stade Rochelais (Northampton Saints, Ulster Rugby)
Sale Sharks (Stade Toulousain, Ulster Rugby)
Munster Rugby (Stade Toulousain, Northampton Saints)
ASM Clermont Auvergne (Leicester Tigers, Stormers)
London Irish (Montpellier Hérault Rugby, Stormers)
Ospreys (Montpellier Hérault Rugby, Leicester Tigers)
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How it works
The Champions Cup is the top-tier competition for clubs from England's Premiership, France's Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship, in which sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales and South Africa compete.
The 2022-23 Champions and Challenge Cup season will be played over eight weekends, with four rounds of matches in the pool stage and the opening round of fixtures in both competitions taking place on the weekend of 9-11 December.
In the new format, each team has been drawn to face two opponents, home and away. However, those two opponents do not in turn face each other in a closed mini-league of three; they have their own two teams to face. So, in the draw set out below, Castres will play Exeter and Edinburgh home and away, but Exeter will face Castres and Bulls, Bulls will face Exeter and Lyon, and so on.
The organiser European Professional Club Rugby sets out the rationale for which sides are drawn together here.
At the end of the four rounds of pool games, the top eight teams in each pool progress to a last-16 stage, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals - which will be played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin - the Challenge Cup decider on Friday 19 May and the Champions Cup final the following day.
The Champions Cup is the top-tier competition for clubs from England's Premiership, France's Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship, in which sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales and South Africa compete.
The 2022-23 Champions and Challenge Cup season will be played over eight weekends, with four rounds of matches in the pool stage and the opening round of fixtures in both competitions taking place on the weekend of 9-11 December.
In the new format, each team has been drawn to face two opponents, home and away. However, those two opponents do not in turn face each other in a closed mini-league of three; they have their own two teams to face. So, in the draw set out below, Castres will play Exeter and Edinburgh home and away, but Exeter will face Castres and Bulls, Bulls will face Exeter and Lyon, and so on.
The organiser European Professional Club Rugby sets out the rationale for which sides are drawn together here.
At the end of the four rounds of pool games, the top eight teams in each pool progress to a last-16 stage, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals - which will be played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin - the Challenge Cup decider on Friday 19 May and the Champions Cup final the following day.
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So it’s exactly the same as last season bar only a one legged second round then
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Why,do you have to travel to South Africa to pay your BT bill then?Not a jock wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:24 pm Oh dear - a shark in each pool - reminds me of Thunderball.
I really don’t like this format and especially the excessive travel demands by including Saffers. I doubt I’ll renew my BTSport sub.
"Rugby isn't a contact sport,ballroom dancing is a contact sport. Rugby is a collision sport" Heyneke Meyer
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Yes,I liked the 2 legs,it just about helped me put up with the ridiculous format.
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I’m only assuming it’s a token effort at cutting the number of games being played. You are right though it added a certain element of jeopardy to that final weekend
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I would've gone 6 groups of 4 ,you play 3 teams home and away. Do away with second round and 6 group winners and 2 best runners up go straight into QF. One more game than this year if you get to the final but the same as last. Simples!
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