Northern Hemisphere Rugby Season 15/16

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Highlander35

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European Cups to be played in Lyon in 2016, in May next Year, Friday/Saturday.

2017 Champions cup to be played at Murrayfield, Challenge Cup venue TBC.

Will live update with pool details.


EDIT 1: Challenge Cup: Edinburgh & La Rochelle join Teir 1 of the Challenge Cup pots. Harlequins and Not-Nots into Teir 2 and Grenoble and Cardiff into Teir 3.

Edit 2: Challenge Cup Pools, Descending by teirs.

Pool 1: Connacht, Brive, Newcastle Falcons, Enisei STM (Russian Qualifier)

Pool 2: Sale Sharks, NPG Dragons, Castres, Pau

Pool 3: Montpellier, Harlequins, Cardiff Blues, Calvisano (Italian Qualifier)

Pool 4: La Rochelle, Gloucester, Zebre, Worcester

Pool 5: Edinburgh, London Irish, Grenoble, Agen

EDIT3: Clermont and Bath join Teir 1, Munster and Ulster join Teir 2, Toulouse and Leicester join Teir 3.

EDIT4 Champions Cup Pools:

Pool 1: Saracens, Ulster, Toulouse, Oyonnax

Pool 2: Clermont, Ospreys, Exeter, Bordaeux Begles

Pool 3: Glasgow Warriors, Northampton, Racing 92, Scarlets

Pool 4: Stade Francais, Munster, Leicester Tigers, Treviso

Pool 5: Bath, Toulon, Leinster, Wasps
 
Highlander35

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Steve Williams (59)
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Easier to read this way.

Champions cup: Pool 5 and Pool 1 will be absolute rip snorters for the neutral supporter, but all of them are excellent, Oyonnax with a baptism of fire! From a Scottish perspective, Glasgow got the best 2nd and 3rd tier options available and avoided the Wasps in Teir 4, so I'm very happy with that group.

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Pool 3 looks like it'll be a good one, if the top 3 take it fairly seriously. Pool 2 is potentially an interesting one as well, while Pool 1 is the travel pool.

Scottish Rugby won again in terms of Tiers 2 and 3, getting the better of the available options both times, and while there wasn't a terrible option in tier 4, they didn't get Calvisano or Worcester who'd have been my preferred option, but they did avoid a very dangerous looking Pau and the long trip to Siberia.
 
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