Ulster and Lyon are European opponents
GLOUCESTER Rugby will take on Ulster and Lyon in the 2020-21 Heineken Champions Cup.
The draw took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a new format now in place.
Gloucester will face two teams in the pool stage rather than three.
They face Pro 14 outfit Ulster in a European competition for the first time since the 2007-08 season, where the Cherry & Whites famously ran in five unanswered tries in the opening 28 minutes at Ravenhill.
The return fixture was equally as tasty, with Gloucester securing a home quarter-final with a 29-21 victory.
The Cherry & Whites will also take on Lyon for the first time in the Heineken Champions Cup.
Le Lou, as they are traditionally known, finished second in the abandoned 2019-20 Top 14 season, play at the Matmut Stadium de Gerland.
DRAW
POOL A (with opponents in brackets) Bordeaux-bègles (Dragons, Northampton Saints) Leinster Rugby (Montpellier, Northampton Saints) Wasps (Dragons, Montpellier) Bath Rugby (La Rochelle, Scarlets) Edinburgh Rugby (La Rochelle, Sale Sharks)
RC Toulon (Sale Sharks, Scarlets) La Rochelle (Bath Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby)
Sale Sharks (Edinburgh Rugby, RC Toulon) Scarlets (Bath Rugby, RC Toulon) Dragons (Bordeaux-bègles, Wasps) Montpellier (Leinster Rugby, Wasps) Northampton Saints (Bordeaux-bègles, Leinster Rugby)
POOL B (with opponents in brackets) Exeter Chiefs (Glasgow Warriors, Toulouse)
Lyon (Glasgow Warriors, Gloucester Rugby)
Ulster Rugby (Gloucester Rugby, Toulouse)
Bristol Bears (ASM Clermont Auvergne, Connacht Rugby) Munster Rugby (ASM Clermont Auvergne, Harlequins) Racing 92 (Connacht Rugby, Harlequins)
ASM Clermont Auvergne (Bristol Bears, Munster Rugby) Connacht Rugby (Bristol Bears, Racing 92) Harlequins (Munster Rugby, Racing 92) Glasgow Warriors (Exeter Chiefs, Lyon) Gloucester Rugby (Lyon, Ulster) Toulouse (Exeter Chiefs, Ulster Rugby)
DATES
Round 1: 11/12/13 December 2020
Round 2: 18/19/20 December 2020
Round 3: 15/16/17 January 2021
Round 4: 22/23/24 January 2021
Champions Cup quarter-finals, 1st leg/challenge Cup Round of 16: 2/3/4 April 2021
Champions Cup quarter-finals, 2nd leg / Challenge Cup quarter-finals: 9/10/11 April 2021
Semi-finals: 30 April – 1/2 May 2021 Finals: 21 and 22 May 2021