Champions and Challenge Cup draws revealed

Aviva Premiership champions Northampton have been drawn in Pool 5 of the inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup.
Following the pool draw held in Neuchatel, the Saints will take on Racing Metro 92, Ospreys and Treviso while Premiership and Heineken Cup finalists Saracens are in Pool 1 with two-time European champions Munster, Clermont and Sale.
Harlequins and are in Pool 2 with Pro 12 champions , Top14 finalists Castres.
Bath will face Glasgow, Montpellier and Toulouse in Pool 4 while reigning champions Toulon, and the Scarlets awaits Leicester in Pool 3.
The draw for the Challenge Cup also took place today and Exeter find themselves in Pool 2 with , Connacht Rugby and La Rochelle.
Fresh from their promotion to the Premiership, London Welsh will have to travel to , Bordeaux-Begles and Pro D2 champions Lyon.
Champions Cup 
Pool 1: Saracens, Munster, Clermont, Sale
Pool 2: Leinster, Castres, Harlequins, London
Pool 3: Toulon, Leicester, Ulster, Scarlets
Pool 4: Glasgow, Montpellier, Bath, Toulouse
Pool 5: Northampton, Racing Metro, Ospreys, Treviso
Challenge Cup 
Pool 1: Cardiff Blues, , Grenoble, FIRA-AER 1
Pool 2: Exeter, Bayonne, Connacht, La Rochelle
Pool 3: , NG Dragons, Newcastle, FIRA-AER 2
Pool 4: Edinburgh, Bordeaux-Begles, London Welsh, Lyon
Pool 5: Gloucester, , , Oyonnax
Pool stage dates
Round 1: 16/17/18/19 October 2014
Round 2: 23/24/25/26 October 2014
Round 3: 4/5/6/7 December 2014
Round 4: 11/12/13/14 December 2014
Round 5: 15/16/17/18 January 2015
Round 6: 22/23/24/25 January 2015
 

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