2024/25 Investec Champions Cup, EPCR Challenge Cup fixtures: Holders Toulouse to face Ulster in opener
Published 12/07/2024 at 16:35 GMT+1
The full fixtures for the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup in 2024/25 have been announced, with some spectacular ties on the horizon. Reigning champions Toulouse kick off their search for a historic seventh star by hosting Ulster, while Bath host two-time winners La Rochelle at The Rec in their opening round. Follow the action on TNT Sports.
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The full fixtures for next season's Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup have been announced.
The Champions Cup will get underway on December 6 when two-time winners La Rochelle kick off against Premiership finalists Bath Rugby at The Rec.
Reigning Champions Cup holders Toulouse, who defeated Leinster in this year's final, will host 1999 champions Ulster Rugby on December 8 as they begin their campaign for a historic seventh title.
EPCR Challenge Cup winners Hollywoodbets Sharks welcome 2020 champions Exeter Chiefs to Durban on December 7.
Toulouse and Exeter clash in the second round before facing the Sharks, then rounding off their pool stage by hosting two-time winners Leicester Tigers at Stade Ernest Wallon.
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Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton Saints, who also won the Champions Cup in 2000, welcome Castres Olympique in their opening match on December 7 at Franklin’s Garden.
Meanwhile, United Rugby Championship winners Glasgow Warriors will host Sale Sharks at Scotstoun on December 7 before facing three-time champions RC Toulon at Stade Felix Mayol.
The URC champions then host Racing 92 before travelling down to the Stoop to face Harlequins.
Last season's runners-up Leinster open up their search for a fifth star at Ashton Gate to face Bristol Bears on December 8.
They follow that up with a clash with ASM Clermont Auvergne before playing out another chapter in their growing rivalry with La Rochelle at Stade Marcel Deflandre. Their final pool-stage match will see them welcome Bath to Dublin.
Challenge Cup runners-ups Gloucester will host the first match of the tournament at Kingsholm on December 6 when they welcome Edinburgh, before travelling to last season’s PRO D2 winners RC Vannes for Round 2.
Vannes make their EPCR debut in Tbilisi to face invited club Black Lion on December 7.
The Cherry and Whites then welcome Scarlets to Kingsholm before rounding off the pool stage with a trip to the French Basque country to face Aviron Bayonnais.
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