Champions and Challenge Cup draws revealed

Aviva Premiership champions Northampton have been drawn in Pool 5 of the inaugural European Rugby .
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, and Sale.
Harlequins and are in Pool 2 with Pro 12 champions Leinster, Top14 finalists Castres.
Bath will face , and Toulouse in Pool 4 while reigning champions Toulon, and the Scarlets awaits in Pool 3.
The draw for the Challenge Cup also took place today and Exeter find themselves in Pool 2 with Bayonne, Rugby and La Rochelle.
Fresh from their to the Premiership, London Welsh will have to travel to Edinburgh, Bordeaux-Begles and Pro D2 champions Lyon.
Champions Cup 
Pool 1: Saracens, Munster, Clermont, Sale
Pool 2: Leinster, Castres, Harlequins, London Wasps
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, London Irish, Grenoble, FIRA-AER 1
Pool 2: Exeter, Bayonne, Connacht, La Rochelle
Pool 3: Stade Francais, NG Dragons, Newcastle, FIRA-AER 2
Pool 4: Edinburgh, Bordeaux-Begles, London Welsh, Lyon
Pool 5: , Brive, Zebre, 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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