Heineken Cup fixtures announced

Heineken Cup champions Leinster will start their bid to retain their title against London Irish on the evening of Friday 9, October 2009 at the RDS in Dublin, it has been announced.

Then, Leinster will travel to France to clash with 1997 winners Brive before back-to-back contests against familiar Magner's League opponents The Scarlets.

Two-time winners Munster will travel to Northampton Saints for their first outing in Pool 1 for a re-run of the 2000 Heineken Cup final.

Heineken Cup Fixtures:

Friday, October 9, 2009:

Pool 2 Gloucester v Newport Gwent Dragons 8pm S4C* / Sky Sports

Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Bath Rugby 7.30pm

Pool 6 Leinster v London Irish 8pm / Sky Sports

Saturday, October 10, 2009:

Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Perpignan 2.30pm

Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Munster 6pm / Sky Sports

Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Biarritz Olympique 3.45pm Sky Sports

Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Viadana 4pm

Pool 4 Stade Francais Paris v Edinburgh 2.35pm / Sky Sports

Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Harlequins 1.35pm / Sky Sports / S4C

Pool 6 Scarlets v Brive 3pm

Sunday, October 11, 2009:

Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Ospreys 12.45pm Sky Sports / S4C

Pool 5 Toulouse v Sale Sharks 4pm / Sky Sports

ROUND 2:

Friday, October 16, 2009:

Pool 1 Perpignan v Northampton Saints 9pm / Sky Sports

Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Glasgow Warriors 7.30pm

Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Cardiff Blues 8pm / Sky Sports

Saturday, 17 October, 2009:

Pool 1 Munster v Benetton Treviso 1.35pm / Sky Sports

Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Gloucester Rugby 2.35pm / Sky Sports

Pool 3 Viadana v Leicester Tigers 2.30pm / Sky Sports

Pool 4 Edinburgh v Ulster Rugby 3.45pm Sky Sports

Pool 5 Harlequins v Toulouse 6pm / Sky Sports

Pool 6 London Irish v Scarlets 3pm

Pool 6 Brive v Leinster 4.45pm Sky Sports

Sunday, October 18, 2009:

Pool 3 Ospreys v ASM Clermont Auvergne 12.45pm S4C / Sky Sports

Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Stade Français Paris 3pm / Sky Sports

ROUND 3

Friday, December 11, 2009:

Pool 1 Munster v Perpignan 8pm / Sky Sports

Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Gloucester Rugby 7.30pm

Saturday, December 12, 2009:

Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Benetton Treviso 3pm

Pool 3 Viadana v Ospreys 2.30pm / Sky Sports

Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Stade Français Paris 1.35pm / Sky Sports

Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Toulouse 3.45pm S4C / Sky Sports

Pool 6 Scarlets v Leinster 6pm Sky Sports / S4C

Pool 6 Brive v London Irish 7pm / Sky Sports

Sunday, December 13, 2009:

Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Newport Gwent Dragons 1.45pm / Sky Sports

Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Leicester Tigers 4pm / Sky Sports

Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Edinburgh 3pm / Sky Sports

Pool 5 Harlequins v Sale Sharks 12.45pm / Sky Sports

ROUND 4

Friday, December 18, 2009:

Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Biarritz Olympique 8pm / Sky Sports

Saturday, 19 December, 2009:

Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Northampton Saints 2.30pm / Sky Sports

Pool 3 Ospreys v Viadana 2.30pm

Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v ASM Clermont Auvergne 6pm Sky Sports

Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Ulster Rugby 4.45pm / Sky Sports

Pool 4 Edinburgh v Bath Rugby 1.35pm / Sky Sports

Pool 5 Toulouse v Cardiff Blues 2.35pm Sky Sports

Pool 6 Leinster v Scarlets 3.45pm / Sky Sports

Pool 6 London Irish v Brive 3pm

Sunday, December 20, 2009:

Pool 1 Perpignan v Munster 4pm / Sky Sports

Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Glasgow Warriors 12.45pm / Sky Sports

Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Harlequins 3pm

ROUND 5

January 15/16/17, 2010:

Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Munster

Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Perpignan

Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Biarritz Olympique

Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Newport Gwent Dragons

Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Viadana

Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Ospreys

Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Bath Rugby

Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Edinburgh

Pool 5 Toulouse v Harlequins

Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Sale Sharks

Pool 6 Leinster v Brive

Pool 6 Scarlets v London Irish

ROUND 6

January 22/23/24, 2010:

Pool 1 Munster v Northampton Saints

Pool 1 Perpignan v Benetton Treviso

Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Glasgow Warriors

Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Gloucester Rugby

Pool 3 Viadana v ASM Clermont Auvergne

Pool 3 Ospreys v Leicester Tigers

Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Ulster Rugby

Pool 4 Edinburgh v Stade Français Paris

Pool 5 Harlequins v Cardiff Blues

Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Toulouse

Pool 6 Brive v Scarlets

Pool 6 London Irish v Leinster

QUARTER-FINALS

April 9/10/11, 2010

SEMI-FINALS

May 1/2, 2010

15th HEINEKEN CUP FINAL

Saturday, May 22, 2010 – Stade de France