Connacht learn Heineken Champions Cup opponents for 2019/20

19 June 2019

Connacht learn Heineken Champions Cup opponents for 2019/20
Connacht will take on French teams Toulouse and Montpellier as well as Premiership side Gloucester in Pool 5 of the 2019/20 Heineken Champions Cup.
 
The draw was made in Lausanne Switzerland earlier today, and pits Andy Friend's side against some familiar faces in Europe. This is the 4th time in five seasons Connacht have been paired with Toulouse in the pool stages, while Gloucester most recently visited The Sportsground for the 2017/18 Challenge Cup quarter-finals.
 
Connacht have also come up against Montpellier in European action, but you have to go back to the 2009/10 Challenge Cup for the last time the two sides met.
 
POOL 1
Leinster, Lyon, Northampton Saints, Benetton

POOL 2
Exeter Chiefs, Glasgow Warriors, La Rochelle, Sale Sharks

POOL 3
Clermont Auvergne, Ulster, Harlequins, Bath

POOL 4
Saracens, Munster, Racing 92, Opsreys

POOL 5
Toulouse, Gloucester, CONNACHT, Montpellier
 
FIXTURES
Round 1: 15/16/17 November 2019
Round 2: 22/23/24 November 2019
Round 3: 6/7/8 December 2019
Round 4: 13/14/15 December 2019
Round 5: 10/11/12 January 2020
Round 6: 17/18/19 January 2020
Quarter-finals: 3/4/5 April 2020
Semi-finals: 1/2/3 May 2020
Final: 23 May 2020