The Pools for the 10th anniversary Heineken Cupcampaign, and the fixture weekends for the 2004/2005 season, will be released after lunch (approximately 2.30pm) today.
The Pools for the 10th anniversary
Heineken Cupcampaign, and the fixture weekends for the 2004/2005 season, will be released after lunch (approximately 2.30pm) today.
Fixtures will be released to correspond to the six Pool weekends, butwillnot be assigned to specific dates or kick-off times untilapproximately themiddle of August.
The reason for the times and dates of the fixturesbeingreleased in mid August is that ERC will be consulting with itsbroadcasterpartners to decide the televised fixtures.
The Pool matches will beplayedon the following weekends:
ROUND 1: 22/23/24 October ROUND 2: 29/30/31 October ROUND 3: 3/4/5 December ROUND 4: 10/11/12 December ROUND 5: 7/8/9 January, 2005 ROUND 6: 14/15/16 January, 2005 Quarter-finals 1/2/3 April 2005 Semi-finals 22/23/24 April 2005 Final to be played in Murrayfield, Edinburgh on 21/22 May 2005.
