Holders Toulouse draw Exeter, Leicester and Ulster

Holders Toulouse person been drawn successful Pool One for nan 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup wherever they will look Premiership sides Exeter Chiefs and Leicester Tigers, Irish state Ulster and nan 2024 Challenge Cup winners Sharks from South Africa.

Top 14 broadside Bordeaux Begles dress up nan pool.

Leinster, losing finalists for nan past 3 seasons, will play Clermont Auvergne, La Rochelle, Bristol Bears and Bath successful Pool Two, pinch Italian broadside Benetton besides successful nan group.

Premiership champions Northampton Saints are nan Tier One squad successful Pool Three and their opponents will beryllium Munster, Stade Francais, Bulls and Castres. Saracens are besides successful that pool.

United Rugby Championship victors Leinster caput Pool Four and will return connected Racing 92, Sale Sharks, Toulon and Harlequins, pinch Stormers nan sixth squad successful nan group.

Toulouse spell into nan title arsenic defending champions aft their melodramatic 31-22 win complete Leinster successful nan 2023-24 last astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful May.

The grounds six-time European champions followed that up by winning nan Top 14.

Next season's tourney will travel nan aforesaid format arsenic past twelvemonth pinch each squad playing 4 different opponents astatine nan excavation stages, but not teams from their ain league.

The fixtures will beryllium announced astatine a later date, pinch games to beryllium played connected nan weekends of 6-8 December, 13-15 December, 10-12 January and 17-19 January.

The last will beryllium played astatine nan Principality Stadium connected Saturday 24 May 2025, pinch nan Challenge Cup last being staged nan erstwhile time astatine nan aforesaid venue.

Champions Cup draw: Pool One: Toulouse, Bordeaux Begles, Sharks, Exeter Chiefs, Leicester Tigers, Ulster

Pool Two: Leinster, Clermont Auvergne, La Rochelle, Bristol Bears, Benetton, Bath

Pool Three: Northampton Saints, Munster, Bulls, Stade Francais, Saracens, Castres

Pool Four: Glasgow Warriors, Racing 92, Sale Sharks, Stormers, RC Toulon, Harlequins

Challenge Cup draw: Pool One: Cardiff, Connacht, Cheetahs, Perpignan, Lyon, Zebre

Pool Two: Montpellier, Section Paloise, Newcastle Falcons, Dragons, Lions, Ospreys

Pool Three: FC Vannes, Black Lion, Bayonne, Scarlets, Edinburgh, Gloucester