Saints to start off at Munster

Published: Wednesday, 20. July, 2011 in category Harlequins

The fixtures for the prestigious competition were unveiled on Wednesday, with Challenge Cup champions Harlequins in action on the opening night against Connacht at The Stoop.

Champions Leinster begin the defence of their title with an away trip to Top 14 side Montpellier. That fixture will be played at the 32,900-capacity Stade de la Mosson, home of the city's Ligue 1 football club.

Meanwhile, Leinster have scheduled their round four fixture against Bath for the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Saracens will also play a fixture away from their regular home, with their pool clash against Ospreys scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium on December 10.

A majority of the Pool games, all four quarter-finals from April 6-8 next year, the semi-finals on April 28-29 and the final at Twickenham on May 20 will again be all exclusively live on Sky Sports.

London Irish v Edinburgh, Ulster v Clermont Auvergne on November 12, and Glasgow Warriors v Bath and Toulouse v Gloucester on November 13 will also be shown on Sky Sports over the opening weekend.

Friday November 11:

Pool 2 Racing Metro 92 v Cardiff Blues

Pool 6 Harlequins v Connacht

Saturday November 12:

Pool 1 Scarlets v Castres Olympique

Pool 1 Munster v Northampton

Pool 2 London Irish v Edinburgh

Pool 3 Montpellier v Leinster

Pool 4 Aironi v Leicester Tigers

Pool 4 Ulster v Clermont Auvergne

Pool 5 Ospreys v Biarritz

Sunday November 13:

Pool 3 Glasgow Warriors v Bath

Pool 5 Saracens v Benetton Treviso

Pool 6 Toulouse v Gloucester