Leinster and Munster among top seeds

LEINSTER and Munster will again be among the top seeds for next week’s Heineken Cup draw, after European Rugby Cup (ERC) yesterday confirmed the tiers for the 2011/12 tournament.

Clubs are split into four tiers based on the ERC ranking system, which seeds sides based solely on their Heineken Cup achievements.

Each of the six pools is then comprised of one team from each tier. No pool will have more than one club from the same country with the exception of England, as there are seven English teams.