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Heineken Cup Pool Draw Is Made
12 June 2012, 10:58 am
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The draw for the 2012/13 Heineken Cup took place at the Aviva Stadium today
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The draw for the 2012/2013 Heineken Cup was made at the Aviva Stadium earlier today and marks the first step on the road to Dublin 2013 where the 18th Heineken Cup final will be staged on Saturday, May 18, 2013 with a 5pm kick-off.
Last season's Heineken Cup runners-up Ulster will be in Pool 4 alongside Northampton Saints, Glasgow Warriors and Castres Olympique, while two-time winners Munster are up against Edinburgh, Saracens and Racing Metro 92 in Pool 1.
Current English Premiership champions Harlequins are in Pool 3 with Biarritz Olympique, their regular European rivals Connacht and Italian newcomers Zebre.
In tandem with the draw, ERC also announced that the Amlin Challenge Cup final, which gets the Dublin 2013 finals weekend underway, will kick off at 8pm at the RDS on Friday, May 17.
2012/13 HEINEKEN CUP POOL DRAW:
POOL 1: MUNSTER, Edinburgh Rugby, Saracens, Racing Metro 92
POOL 2: Toulouse, Leicester Tigers, Ospreys, Benetton Treviso
POOL 3: Biarritz Olympique, Harlequins, CONNACHT, Zebre
POOL 4: Northampton Saints, ULSTER, Glasgow Warriors, Castres Olympique
POOL 5: LEINSTER, Clermont Auvergne, Scarlets, Exeter Chiefs
POOL 6: Cardiff Blues, Toulon, Sale Sharks, Montpellier
2012/13 Heineken Cup Dates -
Round 1 - October 12/13/14, 2012
Round 2 - October 19/20/21, 2012
Round 3 - December 7/8/9, 2012
Round 4 - December 14/15/16, 2012
Round 5 - January 11/12/13, 2013
Round 6 - January 18/19/20, 2013
Quarter-finals - April 5/6/7, 2013
Semi-finals - April 26/27/28, 2013
Dublin 2013 Finals -
Amlin Challenge Cup final - RDS, Friday, May 17, 2013 (8pm)
Heineken Cup final - Aviva Stadium, Saturday, May 18, 2013 (5pm)
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Connacht Rugby and BLK Sport have announced a comprehensive four-year official kit supplier agreement for BLK to supply the full range of technical performance apparel for all of Connacht's representative teams and support staff.
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12 Jun
Ulster second row Lewis Stevenson will undergo surgery on Thursday to repair a hernia injury that he sustained during Emerging Ireland's IRB Tbilisi Cup campaign.
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12 Jun
The Connacht Academy has been finalised for the 2013/14 season, with Ireland Under-19 captain Sean O'Brien and David Panter, who is currently away with the Ireland Under-20 squad at the IRB Junior World Championship, joining the ranks.
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08 Jun
The Federation Française de Rugby (FFR) has withdrawn its application to host the 2014 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup finals, due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding the availability of the Stade de France.
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06 Jun
Ulster have been given the task of toppling familiar foes Leicester Tigers and Benetton Treviso, as well as new opponents Montpellier, as they bid to reach the Heineken Cup quarter-finals for the fourth year running.
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06 Jun
New challenges as well as familiar opponents await Connacht when they embark on their third Heineken Cup campaign in October.
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05 Jun
The four Irish provinces have learned today who they will be facing into the pool stages of next season's Heineken Cup. Former Ireland international Shane Horgan hosted the 2013/14 tournament draw which took place at the Aviva Stadium.
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05 Jun
Munster have confirmed that they will play Gloucester and London Irish on successive weekends in August as part of their preparations for the 2013/14 season.
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05 Jun
Ulster's All Black prop John Afoa has undergone surgery today in Auckland to repair a torn tricep tendon in his left arm.
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29 May
Friends of Johnny O'Connor are putting on a special retirement celebration for the former Connacht and Ireland flanker in Galway on Friday, June 7, with money raised from a raffle on the night going to the IRFU Charitable Trust.
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