Next season Champions Cup - 2023/2024

[RagingBull]

Stormers and Leinster away correct?

[TigerFeetSteve]

At least we may drop into the Challenge Cup and have a genuine shot at that...

[TigerFeetSteve]

Stormers and Leinster away correct?

I may be wrong but thought one away was URC and one a top 14 team

[RagingBull]

Stormers and Leinster away correct?

I may be wrong but thought one away was URC and one a top 14 team

Hopefully Stormers home and La Rochelle home

although La Rochelle would be great to visit Paris and Dublin are easy trips

[trendylfj]

Stormers and Leinster away correct?

Haven't seen that but I am hoping for a French/Ireland away trip next year - hope that we don't get 2 French sides at home - a bit of variety please

[kpj tiger]

I see the new format is working wonders already, not sure there has ever been a more stacked pool in european history!

About the only way it could be worse is Toulouse in for Stade....

[Darc Tiger]

If you go by league positions from last season, our pool is more than twice as hard as the other three

[kpj tiger]

Just seen this on twitter

"When you combine the finishing position of each team in their respective comps (the lower the tougher), the first 3 pools are 31, 31 and 30. Pool 4 is 16."

[Rugbygramps]

So we play
La Rochelle
Leinster
Stormer
Stade

Well....... That's easy

Comes to something when Stade are the weakest team in the pool

[sapajo]

Sure but by extension you are saying that you only interested when Tigers have a good chance of winning. Which I just find odd.

I am only interested when Tigers have a fair chance of winning

Tbf depending on the draw we could end with a very favourable draw, in the last 2 seasons we've been unfortunate to face the tournament favourite in the ¼ finals, get a favourable draw this year, with such a high probability of a group of death the draw could give Tigers a better run to the latter rounds

Seems we have got the draw from hell but as I have said before the competition does not interest me. That said, as long as we play the games we have to and suffer no serious injuries I am happy but I cannot see the club making much dosh out of this competition if any.

[RunTigerRun]

Just seen this on twitter

"When you combine the finishing position of each team in their respective comps (the lower the tougher), the first 3 pools are 31, 31 and 30. Pool 4 is 16."

Sums up the farce of removing the seeding for this comp.

Imagine having Real Madrid, Man City, PSG, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan/Juventus in the same pool in the Champions league? It just wouldn’t happen. Farcical.

Only plus is it gives us some proper tests and good matches - gives the squad some games to sink their teeth into and show what they’ve got.

[Scott1]

Challenge Cup it is then,if we are lucky!

[ourla]

At least we may drop into the Challenge Cup and have a genuine shot at that...

That might perk sapajo's interest then.

[ourla]

Full draw:

CHAMPIONS CUP

POOL 1: Saracens, Bordeaux Begles, Bulls, Bristol Bears, Connacht, Lyon

POOL 2: Toulouse, Cardiff, Bath, Racing 92, Harlequins, Ulster

POOL 3: Munster, Bayonne, Glasgow, Exeter Chiefs, Toulon, Northampton

POOL 4: La Rochelle, Stade Francais, Leicester Tigers, DHL Stormers, Leinster, Sale Sharks

CHALLENGE CUP

POOL 1: Invitee 1, Section Paloise, Dragons, Zebre, Cell C Sharks, Oyannax

POOL 2: Ospreys, Perpignan, Newcastle, Emirates Lions, Montpellier, Benetton

POOL 3: Edinburgh, Castres Olympique, Clermont Auvergne, Invitee 2, Gloucester, Scarlets

[Scott1]

Ouch Gloucester!