The UAFC

Round 1 – 10/11/12 December
Round 2 – 17/18/19 December
Round 3 – 14/15/16 January 2022
Round 4 – 21/22/23 January 2022
Round of 16 (1st leg) – 8/9/10 April 2022
Round of 16 (2nd leg) – 15/16/17 April 2022
Quarter-finals – 6/7/8 May 2022
Semi-finals – 13/14/15 May 2022
Challenge Cup final – Friday 27 May 2022; Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Heineken Champions Cup final – Saturday 28 May 2022; Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Similar format to this season with 2 legged round of 16 the difference. 2 groups of 12 again with Ulster playing Tigers/Saints & Clermont/Stade Francais home and away.

Pure sh1te

I've completely lost track of who's where next season. Are we in with the big boys or in the Challenge Cup?

solidarity wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:55 pm I've completely lost track of who's where next season. Are we in with the big boys or in the Challenge Cup?

We are 2nd tier side in Heineken. Have outlined possible opponents. Qualification was based on the 16 game Pro 12 which ended in March.

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:06 pm

solidarity wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:55 pm I've completely lost track of who's where next season. Are we in with the big boys or in the Challenge Cup?

We are 2nd tier side in Heineken. Have outlined possible opponents. Qualification was based on the 16 game Pro 12 which ended in March.

Many thanks Neill.

Actually not that bothered as it means we might get another crack at the Bic Biro which again is the closest we’ll get to silverware in the coming years ahead.

Draw is Wednesday July 21st at Noon.

TopPoster wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:56 am Actually not that bothered as it means we might get another crack at the Bic Biro which again is the closest we’ll get to silverware in the coming years ahead.

Saracens are in the challenge cup next year....

Is there anything below the challenge cup?

Ds69 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:25 pm

TopPoster wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:56 am Actually not that bothered as it means we might get another crack at the Bic Biro which again is the closest we’ll get to silverware in the coming years ahead.

Saracens are in the challenge cup next year....

Ah. Wrote in my diary, simply says ‘bugger!’

Dave wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:46 pm Is there anything below the challenge cup?

Of course there is! There's the Continental Shield. Sure isn't that one of the reasons that things were taken from the ERC and given to EPCR - to promote and encourage rugby throughout Europe with the inclusion of a tier 3 competition.

BR wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:02 pm

Dave wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:46 pm Is there anything below the challenge cup?

Of course there is! There's the Continental Shield. Sure isn't that one of the reasons that things were taken from the ERC and given to EPCR - to promote and encourage rugby throughout Europe with the inclusion of a tier 3 competition.

Interesting you mention the Continental Shield. The Rugby Europe Super Cup was launched this morning which will basically replace it. 8 club sides from Russia, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia and Israel.

https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/rugby-e ... super-cup/

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:14 pm

BR wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:02 pm

Dave wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:46 pm Is there anything below the challenge cup?

Of course there is! There's the Continental Shield. Sure isn't that one of the reasons that things were taken from the ERC and given to EPCR - to promote and encourage rugby throughout Europe with the inclusion of a tier 3 competition.

Interesting you mention the Continental Shield. The Rugby Europe Super Cup was launched this morning which will basically replace it. 8 club sides from Russia, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia and Israel.

https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/rugby-e ... super-cup/

Thanks for the info Neill, strange there is no Romanian team involved, or to a lesser extent German.

Your man Hans Peter Wild than owns Capri Sun was pumping money into German rugby for a while.

UlsterNo9 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:18 pm

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:14 pm

BR wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:02 pm

Dave wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:46 pm Is there anything below the challenge cup?

Of course there is! There's the Continental Shield. Sure isn't that one of the reasons that things were taken from the ERC and given to EPCR - to promote and encourage rugby throughout Europe with the inclusion of a tier 3 competition.

Interesting you mention the Continental Shield. The Rugby Europe Super Cup was launched this morning which will basically replace it. 8 club sides from Russia, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia and Israel.

https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/rugby-e ... super-cup/

Thanks for the info Neill, strange there is no Romanian team involved, or to a lesser extent German.

Your man Hans Peter Wild than owns Capri Sun was pumping money into German rugby for a while.

In 2007, Herr Wild established the charitable Wild Rugby Academy foundation for promoting rugby in Germany, with the aim of raising German rugby to a world-class level. In addition to promoting youth rugby, Hans-Peter Wild also focused on supporting the national rugby team. In sporting terms, through the support of the Wild Rugby Academy, he managed to bring the men’s national team almost as far as qualification for the Rugby World Cup. However, he terminated his collaboration with the German Rugby Federation in 2017 as he found their organisational structures insufficiently professional to achieve success on an international scale.

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:14 pm

BR wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:02 pm

Dave wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:46 pm Is there anything below the challenge cup?

Of course there is! There's the Continental Shield. Sure isn't that one of the reasons that things were taken from the ERC and given to EPCR - to promote and encourage rugby throughout Europe with the inclusion of a tier 3 competition.

Interesting you mention the Continental Shield. The Rugby Europe Super Cup was launched this morning which will basically replace it. 8 club sides from Russia, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia and Israel.

https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/rugby-e ... super-cup/

I'm surprised EPCR aren't suing FIRA.