Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh learn fixtures for Euro campaigns

Glasgow Warriors open their Heineken Champions Cup campaign on December 12 against last season’s beaten finalists La Rochelle, 24 hours after Edinburgh’s EPCR Challenge Cup hopes begin at Saracens. and TV dates have been revealed for both competitions, with BT Sport taking British rights to all of the warriors’ matches against the french side and exeter chief sin pool a, which will be concluded by the end of january. edinburgh have also been grouped with London Irish and Brive on January 15 and 21 but face a longer wait for their final fixture, at home to Pau in April as part of the modified Challenge Cup, split into three sections of five teams.

The three highest-ranked clubs from each pool, and the highest-ranked fourth-placed club, as well as six Heineken Champions Cup clubs, will qualify for the Round of 16 which will be played in midapril 2022, followed by quarter-finals and semi-finals, and the final at the st adevélod rome, Marseille on May 27.

Terrestrial coverage on Chanfixtures nel 4 will also pick up several keyfixturesthroughouttheseason, beginning with Toulouse defending their Champions Cup against Cardiff on December11–thesamedayedinburgh are in Barnet to face Saracens.

This year 24 clubs will compete for the Champions Cup split into two pools of 12 and divided into four pool stage rounds. Clubs ranked nine to 11 willdropintotheecprcompetition leaving the eight highestranked from each pool in the round of 16 leading to the final which, like the Challenge Cup a day earlier, will be held in Marseille next May.