The European Professional Rugby Champions’ Cup had the first of three official launches in London yesterday, two weeks out from the first round of fixtures.
Connacht and Leinster will both have home fixtures on the opening Saturday October 15th, against Toulouse and Castres respectively.
Ulster travel top Bordeaux in the early match on Sunday 16th, followed by Munster in Paris against Racing 92.
Leinster’s match will be televised live on BT Sport, available here through eir Sport while the other three will all be on Sky. RTÉ will have highlights coverage but there is no free to air coverage of the tournament this season.
There were no new sponsors announced at the launch meaning Heineken and Turkish Airlines remain alone as the two principal commercial partners.
Tissot are the timing partner and equipment is supplied by Gilbert.
This years Finals of the Champions and the Challenge Cup will take place in Edinburgh. The Final of the Guinness Pro12 will take place in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium for the first time.
Sir Clive Woodward will be talking about Leadership, the Lions and Winning the World Cup at One Zero, the major new global sports and technology event taking place in Dublin on October 21st. Click here for tickets.
