NEWS EXTRA

EPCR has confirmed the formats and qualifiers for next season’s Champions Cup.
The Champions Cup will be competed for by 24 clubs with eight representatives from the URC, as well as eight from the Premiership and Top 14.
The clubs will be divided into two pools of 12 and the tournament will be played over eight weekends with four rounds of matches in the pool stage starting next December.
The eight highestranked clubs from each pool will qualify for the knockout stage which will consist of a Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final at Aviva Stadium o...