Wasps will be given home tie

Wasps are the only English club to be guaranteed home advantage for the Champions Cup round of 16.

The Gallagher Premiership runners-up join Exeter, Bristol, Gloucester and Sale in being promoted from the group phase, the last two rounds of which were aborted when the French government blocked its Top 14 teams from taking part in cross-border competition due to coronavirus fears.

A draw made up of the eight highest-ranked clubs in Pool A and Pool B at the time of last month’s suspension will be held on March 9 to determine the line-up for the next two rounds. Teams from the same league cannot be drawn against one another and those sides that won both pool games are guaranteed a home match in the round of 16.

For the Challenge Cup, the eight highest-ranked clubs from the preliminary stage at the time of the suspension, and the eight clubs which have not qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions Cup, will compete in a round of 16.

Champions Cup qualifiers Racing 92, Leinster Rugby, Wasps, Bordeaux-begles, Munster Rugby, Lyon, Toulouse, La Rochelle, Scarlets, Clermont Auvergne, Bristol, Exeter, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Toulon, Sale.

Challenge Cup qualifiers London Irish, Ospreys, Leicester, Cardiff Blues, Zebre, Agen, Benetton, Newcastle, Ulster, Connacht, Northampton, Bath, Montpellier, Dragons, Harlequins, Glasgow Warriors.

Champions Cup schedule Rounds of 16, April 2-4. Quarter-finals, April 9-11. Semi-finals, April 30-May 2. Final, May 22.