LEINSTER WILL BEGIN the 2020/21 Champions Cup season with a trip to face Montpellier in France.
EPCR has announced a full fixture list for the four pool-stage rounds of the competition, which gets underway on Friday 11 December.
Ulster are in action on the opening night with a home clash against Toulouse, who knocked them out at the quarter-final stage of last season’s competition.
Munster get underway with a home tie against Harlequins on Sunday 13 December, the same day that Connacht are away to last season’s losing finalists, Racing 92.
For more information on the new 24-team format for the Champions Cup this season, click here.
The four Irish province’s fixture lists for the pool stages are as follows.
Leinster (Pool A):
Saturday 12 December: Montpellier v Leinster, CGL Stadium [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport]
Saturday 19 December: Leinster v Northampton, RDS Arena [KO 1pm, Virgin Media/Channel 4/ BT Sport]
Friday 15 January: Northampton v Leinster, Franklin’s Gardens [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport]
Friday 22 January: Leinster v Montpellier, RDS Arena [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport]
Munster (Pool B):
Sunday 13 December: Munster v Harlequins, Thomond Park [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport]
Saturday 19 December: Clermont v Munster, Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin [KO 6.30pm, BT Sport]
Saturday 16 January: Munster v Clermont, Thomond Park [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport]
Saturday 23 January: Harlequins v Munster, Twickenham Stoop [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport]
Connacht (Pool B):
Sunday 13 December: Racing 92 v Connacht, Paris La Defense Arena [KO 3.15pm, BT Sport]
Sunday 20 December: Connacht v Bristol, Sportsground [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport]
Sunday 17 January: Bristol v Connacht, Ashton Gate [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport]
Saturday 23 January: Connacht v Racing 92, Sportsground [KO 8pm, BT Sport]
Ulster (Pool B):
Friday 11 December: Ulster Rugby v Toulouse, Kingspan Stadium [KO 8pm, BT Sport]
Saturday 19 December: Gloucester v Ulster, Kingsholm Stadium [KO 3.15pm, BT Sport]
Saturday 16 January: Ulster v Gloucester, Kingspan Stadium [KO 1pm, Virgin Media/Channel 4/BT Sport]
Sunday 24 January: Toulouse v Ulster, Stade Ernest Wallon [3.15pm, BT Sport]
*All kick-off times are Irish time.
Knock-out stages:
Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals, 1st leg: 2/3/4 April 2021
Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals, 2nd leg: 9/10/11 April 2021
Semi-finals: 30 April/1/2 May 2021
Heineken Champions Cup final: Saturday 22 May, Stade Vélodrome, Marseille.
