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2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: WellingQuin
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:07 am
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HTML https://www.quins.co.uk/news/harlequins-202021-champions-cup-pool-opponents-announced
HARLEQUINS TO FACE RACING 92 AND MUNSTER IN 2020/21 HEINEKEN
CHAMPIONS CUP POOL STAGES
EPCR have today confirmed Harlequins’ pool opponents for the
2020/21 Champions Cup campaign, with the Club facing Top14
outfit Racing 92 and Pro14 side Munster in home and away
fixtures this season in four blockbuster clashes against two of
the most famous teams and grounds in European club rugby
history.
Drawn in Pool B, Harlequins’ sixth-place standing from the
2019/20 Gallagher Premiership season saw the Club placed in tier
3 of the European draw, facing all non-English tier 2 opponents
also drawn in Pool B.
The last time Harlequins were drawn in the pool stages with
Paris-based side Racing 92 came in the 2013/14 Champions Cup
season, with Quins finishing second in Pool 4 having claimed
victories in both fixtures against Racing.
This season marks the fourth time Harlequins have been drawn
with Munster in the pool stages, having faced the Irish side
during the 2004/05, 2001/02, 1997/98 campaigns. The last time
the Club faced Munster came during the 2012/13 quarter finals,
with Munster claiming a narrow 12-18 victory at The Twickenham
Stoop that day.
Exact fixture dates for the 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
season will be announced over the coming week.
I really really hope we are back in stadiums to see this.
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: poorfour
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:09 am
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It's a bloody tough group... we'll be doing well to hold our own
against that opposition.
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: Safri-quin
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:12 am
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Am I being really dense/missed something, or shouldn’t there be
a 4th team in the pool...?
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: Adrian
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:21 am
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2020/21 HEINEKEN CHAMPIONS CUP
POOL A (with opponents in brackets)
Bordeaux-Bègles (Dragons, Northampton Saints)
Leinster Rugby (Montpellier, Northampton Saints)
Wasps (Dragons, Montpellier)
Bath Rugby (La Rochelle, Scarlets)
Edinburgh Rugby (La Rochelle, Sale Sharks)
RC Toulon (Sale Sharks, Scarlets)
La Rochelle (Bath Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby)
Sale Sharks (Edinburgh Rugby, RC Toulon)
Scarlets (Bath Rugby, RC Toulon)
Dragons (Bordeaux-Bègles, Wasps)
Montpellier (Leinster Rugby, Wasps)
Northampton Saints (Bordeaux-Bègles, Leinster Rugby)
POOL B (with opponents in brackets)
Exeter Chiefs (Glasgow Warriors, Toulouse)
Lyon (Glasgow Warriors, Gloucester Rugby)
Ulster Rugby (Gloucester Rugby, Toulouse)
Bristol Bears (ASM Clermont Auvergne, Connacht Rugby)
Munster Rugby (ASM Clermont Auvergne, Harlequins)
Racing 92 (Connacht Rugby, Harlequins)
ASM Clermont Auvergne (Bristol Bears, Munster Rugby)
Connacht Rugby (Bristol Bears, Racing 92)
Harlequins (Munster Rugby, Racing 92)
Glasgow Warriors (Exeter Chiefs, Lyon)
Gloucester Rugby (Lyon, Ulster)
Toulouse (Exeter Chiefs, Ulster Rugby)
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: WellingQuin
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:34 am
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To me this is an unnecessarily confusing format. Here are some
dates:
2020/21 season weekends
Round 1 – 11/12/13 December 2020
Round 2 – 18/19/20 December 2020
Round 3 – 15/16/17 January 2021
Round 4 – 22/23/24 January 2021
Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals, 1st leg – 2/3/4 April
2021
Challenge Cup Round of 16 – 2/3/4 April 2021
Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals, 2nd leg – 9/10/11 April
2021
Challenge Cup quarter-finals – 9/10/11 April 2021
Semi-finals – 30 April – 1/2 May 2021
2021 finals – Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Challenge Cup final – Friday 21 May
Heineken Champions Cup final – Saturday 22 May
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: A222Quin
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:42 am
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That's about as tough as could be expected from the available
teams.
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: honkytonk
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:45 am
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In fairness, I dont think it matters who we get, we wont get
anywhere. Rather concentrate on the league and try to make an
inroads there
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: Harlequinade
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:46 am
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--- Quote from: Safri-quin link ---
>
> Am I being really dense/missed something, or shouldn’t there
be a 4th team in the pool...?
>
--- End Quote ---
Home and away against Racing and Munster = 4 games so only need
3 teams in the pool to do the 4 Rounds!
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: RocQuin
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:51 am
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--- Quote from: Safri-quin link ---
>
> Am I being really dense/missed something, or shouldn’t there
be a 4th team in the pool...?
>
--- End Quote ---
The competition is taking a different format next time around.
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Re: 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup
DIR By: Harlequinade
Date: October 28, 2020, 10:52 am
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You will probably need to win all 4 games to qualify and even
then may not!!!
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