Next season's Heineken Cup

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Next season's Heineken Cup

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The draw for next season's Heineken Cup and Challenge Cup takes place next Tuesday.

If I've understood it right, Ulster, as URC semi-finalists, are in tier two, and will play home and away against one of the tier three teams from the Top 14, and one of the tier three teams from the Premiership - so that'll be La Rochelle or Racing, and Gloucester or Sale. It'd be just our luck to get the champions. Leinster are also in tier two, so they'll play whichever of those four we don't. Munster are in tier three, so they'll play a French team and an English team from tier two - Bordeaux-Begles or Toulouse, and Harlequins or Northampton. London Irish are in tier four (they'll play Castres or Montpellier, and the Stormers or the Bulls), and we could conceivably meet them in the knockout stage, which could be interesting.

Connacht are tier two in the Challenge Cup, so they'll play tier two teams from France and England - Stade Francais or Brive, and Worcester or Newcastle.
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Paddy, I'll just let you and others work this out. I can't get my head round the mechanics of this.
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Likewise
I will just turn up at Ravenhill as instructed and yell against whoever!!
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Hopefully La Rochelle and Gloucester from an away trip point of view.

The Racing pop concert stadium again.... no thank you.
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Is it on tv?
I have my own tv channel, what have you got?
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When's the team announced?
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Bench looks weak
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Bart S wrote:Bench looks weak
Not surprised with all those fatties on it.
I have my own tv channel, what have you got?
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Dave wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:09 am
Bart S wrote:Bench looks weak
Not surprised with all those fatties on it.
Where did you see that?

Was it on TV?

When were the fatties announced?
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Cap'n Grumpy wrote:
Dave wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:09 am
Bart S wrote:Bench looks weak
Not surprised with all those fatties on it.
Where did you see that?

Was it on TV?

When were the fatties announced?
Yeah it was on BBC7 red button. Announced via carrier pigeon.
I have my own tv channel, what have you got?
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Silly season well and truly here :thumleft:
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Starts about October every year
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solidarity wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:24 pm Silly season well and truly here :thumleft:
Hows many days until the new season?

If only there was an expert in counting days amongst us..... lest we forget.
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Dave wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:09 am
Bart S wrote:Bench looks weak
Not surprised with all those fatties on it.
Aye. Dan needs to stop putting Fatty Rea on there for a start
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Dave wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:36 pm
Cap'n Grumpy wrote:
Dave wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:09 am
Bart S wrote:Bench looks weak
Not surprised with all those fatties on it.
Where did you see that?

Was it on TV?

When were the fatties announced?
Yeah it was on BBC7 red button. Announced via carrier pigeon.
I thought the red button worked the same across all BBC channels. :shock:

Ya live and learn, a say - ya live and learn. :thumleft:

Or maybe ya don't. :roll:

How does one get BBC7 anyway? :scratch:

Is it on the red button? :duck:
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