French champions Biarritz Olympique will have home advantage against 2000 Heineken Cup winners Northampton Saints when the opening shots are fired in Pool 6 with top Scottish team Edinburgh Gunners travelling to the South of France to meet Agen, who return to the tournament after a two year absence, in Pool 2.

Welsh No 1 seeds Cardiff Blues will also travel to France to tackle Bourgoin in Pool 4 with Italian standard bearers Benetton Treviso and Irish top seeds Ulster both at home to French opposition, Perpignan going to Treviso and treble champions Toulouse to Belfast.

Tournament newcomers Overmach Rugby Parma will get their first taste of Heineken Cup action away to Border Reivers in Pool 6.

Details of the additional TV coverage of Rounds 1 to 4 by ERC's broadcast partners, France Televisions, Groupe Canal +, Sky Sports, RTE TV and S4C, including all live, delayed and highlights broadcasts, will be announced shortly.

HEINEKEN CUP 2006 / 2007

THE POOLS

Pool 1: Benetton Treviso, Perpignan, London Wasps, Castres Olympique.

Pool 2: Edinburgh Gunners, Agen, Gloucester Rugby, Leinster.  

Pool 3: Sale Sharks, Stade Francais Paris, Rugby Calvisano, Ospreys.

Pool 4: Cardiff Blues, Bourgoin, Leicester Tigers, Munster.

Pool 5: Ulster Rugby, Toulouse, London Irish, Llanelli Scarlets.

Pool 6: Biarritz Olympique, Northampton Saints, Overmach Rugby Parma, Border Reivers.

THE FIXTURES
(All kick-offs LOCAL times)

ROUND 1         
Friday 20 October
Pool 2 Agen v Edinburgh Gunners   20.30  Groupe Canal+
Pool 3 Ospreys v Sale Sharks    19.30  Sky Sports
Pool 6 Border Reivers v Overmach Rugby Parma 19.30

Saturday 21 October
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Perpignan   14.00
Pool 2 Leinster v Gloucester Rugby   17.30  Sky Sports
Pool 3 Rugby Calvisano v Stade Francais Paris 14.00
Pool 4 Bourgoin v Cardiff Blues    16.30  France Televisions
Pool 5 Ulster Rugby v Toulouse    13.35  Sky Sports
Pool 5 London Irish v Llanelli Scarlets   15.00  S4C 

Sunday 22 October
Pool 1 London Wasps v Castres Olympique  13.00  Sky Sports
Pool 4 Leicester Tigers v Munster    15.00  Sky Sports
Pool 6 Biarritz Olympique v Northampton Saints 16.00  France Televisions

ROUND 2
Friday 27 October
Pool 1 Castres Olympique v Benetton Treviso  20.30  Groupe Canal+
Pool 3 Sale Sharks v Rugby Calvisano   19.45
Pool 5 Llanelli Scarlets v Ulster Rugby   19.30  Sky Sports

Saturday 28 October
Pool 1 Perpignan v London Wasps   16.30  France Televisions
Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Agen    15.00
Pool 3 Stade Francais Rugby v Ospreys   14.35  Groupe Canal+
Pool 4 Munster v Bourgoin     17.30  Sky Sports
Pool 6 Northampton Saints v Border Reivers  15.30  Sky Sports
Pool 6 Overmach Rugby Parma v Biarritz Olympique 14.00

Sunday 29 October
Pool 2 Edinburgh Gunners v Leinster   13.00  Sky Sports
Pool 4 Cardiff Blues v Leicester Tigers   15.00  Sky Sports
Pool 5 Toulouse v London Irish    16.00  France Televisions

ROUND 3
Friday 8 December
Pool 4 Bourgoin v Leicester Tigers   20.30  Groupe Canal+

Saturday 9 December
Pool 1 Castres Olympique v Perpignan   16.30  France Televisions
Pool 2 Leinster v Agen     17.30  Sky Sports
Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Edinburgh Gunners  15.00
Pool 3 Rugby Calvisano v Ospreys   14.00
Pool 5 Llanelli Scarlets v Toulouse   15.00  S4C
Pool 5 London Irish v Ulster Rugby   15.30  Sky Sports
Pool 6 Border Reivers v Biarritz Olympique  13.35  Sky Sports
Pool 6 Overmach Rugby Parma v Northampton Saints14.00

Sunday 10 December
Pool 1 London Wasps v Benetton Treviso  15.00
Pool 3 Stade Francais Paris v Sale Sharks  16.00  France Televisions
Pool 4 Cardiff Blues v Munster    13.00  Sky Sports

ROUND 4
Friday 15 December
Pool 1 Perpignan v Castres Olympique   20.30  Groupe Canal+
Pool 3 Ospreys v Rugby Calvisano   19.30
Pool 5 Ulster Rugby v London Irish   19.30  Sky Sports

Saturday 16 December
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v London Wasps  14.00
Pool 2 Agen v Leinster     16.30  France Televisions
Pool 4 Munster v Cardiff Blues    17.30  Sky Sports
Pool 4 Leicester Tigers v Bourgoin   14.45
Pool 5 Toulouse v Llanelli Scarlets   14.35  Groupe Canal+
Pool 6 Northampton Saints v Overmach Rugby Parma 15.00

Sunday 17 December
Pool 2 Edinburgh Gunners v Gloucester Rugby  13.00  Sky Sports
Pool 3 Sale Sharks v Stade Francais Paris  15.00  Sky Sports
Pool 6 Biarritz Olympique v Border Reivers  14.00  France Televisions

ROUND 5 – 12 / 13/ 14 January, 2007
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Castres Olympique
Pool 1 London Wasps v Perpignan

Pool 2 Agen v Gloucester Rugby
Pool 2 Leinster v Edinburgh Gunners

Pool 3 Ospreys v Stade Francais Paris
Pool 3 Rugby Calvisano v Sale Sharks

Pool 4 Leicester Tigers v Cardiff Blues
Pool 4 Bourgoin v Munster

Pool 5 Ulster Rugby v Llanelli Scarlets
Pool 5 London Irish v Toulouse

Pool 6 Biarritz Olympique v Overmach Rugby Parma
Pool 6 Border Reivers v Northampton Saints

ROUND 6 – 19 / 20 / 21 January
Pool 1 Castres Olympique v London Wasps
Pool 1 Perpignan v Benetton Treviso
Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Leinster
Pool 2 Edinburgh Gunners v Agen
Pool 3 Stade Francais Paris v Rugby Calvisano
Pool 3 Sale Sharks v Ospreys
Pool 4 Cardiff Blues v Bourgoin
Pool 4 Munster v Leicester Tigers
Pool 5 Llanelli Scarlets v London Irish
Pool 5 Toulouse v Ulster Rugby
Pool 6 Overmach Rugby Parma v Border Reivers
Pool 6 Northampton Saints v Biarritz Olympique

QUARTER-FINALS
30 / 31 March / 1 April

SEMI-FINALS
20 / 21 / 22 April

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