Pool Draws 2021/22

[Leonormous Boozer]

https://www.epcrugby.com/2021/07/02/2021-22-heineken-champions-cup-pool-draw/

Don't really care who we get, easy draws haven't done us much good in past years and we won the thing out of the pool of death in 2018. Would like Leicester only because we haven't played them since God was a boy and I'd meet Gary Lineker and @Akker Van Der Tigs for a pint!

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

https://www.epcrugby.com/2021/07/02/2021-22-heineken-champions-cup-pool-draw/

Don't really care who we get, easy draws haven't done us much good in past years and we won the thing out of the pool of death in 2018. Would like Leicester only because we haven't played them since God was a boy and I'd meet Gary Lineker and @Akker Van Der Tigs for a pint!

Think you can only get Wasps or Bath.
Maybe the final?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Think you can only get Wasps or Bath.
Maybe the final?

Damn just saw the tiers and thought we could get anyone. I feel like we alternate head to heads with Wasps and Bath with Quins thrown in the odd time so that's not great.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

This is like watching numberwang

connacht rugby and bordeaux begles not bad

 

[Reiser99]

This is like watching numberwang

connacht rugby and bordeaux begles not bad

Not much to choose between Racing and Bordeaux, but Connacht over Ulster is a definite win.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I hadn't read this at all. Sucks that it's the covid format still, assumed we were back to normal.

Montpellier and Bath must be the two clubs we've played most in this competition's pool stages, very disappointed. Might trek out to Bath though.

 

[Reiser99]

So I make it...

Pool A:
La Rochelle - Bath & Glasgow
Harlequins - Montpellier & Glasgow
Leinster - Bath & Montpellier

Racing 92 - Northampton & Ospreys
Sale - Clermont & Ospreys
Ulster - Clermont & Northampton

Clermont - Sale & Ulster
Northampton - Racing 92 & Ulster
Ospreys - Sale & Racing 92

Bath - Leinster & La Rochelle
Glasgow - La Rochelle & Harlequins
Montpellier - Harlequins & Leinster

Pool B:
Toulouse - Wasps & Cardiff
Exeter - Castres & Cardiff
Munster - Castres & Wasps

Bordeaux-Begles - Leicester & Scarlets
Bristol - Scarlets & Stade Francais
Connacht - Leicester & Stade Francais

Leicester - Connacht & Bordeaux-Begles
Scarlets - Bordeaux-Begles & Bristol
Stade Francais - Bristol & Connacht

Wasps - Toulouse & Munster
Cardiff - Exeter & Toulouse
Castres - Exeter & Munster

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Clermont is rough, but Ospreys is more manageable

We only need one losing bonus point to progress, going off last year, so we should be OK

 

[Reiser99]

Clermont is rough, but Ospreys is more manageable

We only need one losing bonus point to progress, going off last year, so we should be OK

Think pool A looks tougher if all games are played. Can't see Bath qualifying, but Montpellier & Glasgow will be looking to beat Quins who are a bit of an outside team in tier 1. I imagine Clermont, Ospreys and Saints will also be pretty hopeful.

Where as in pool B I can see Wasps, Cardiff and Castres all struggling.

 

[Groundhog]

I just knew we'd have Castres again we always pull the same sides. Will def get an away day this year

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

This is like watching numberwang

connacht rugby and bordeaux begles not bad

Let me know if you end up making the trip to Galway anyway

 

[Groundhog]

Ditto Tigs if you end up in Galway I will push you off the diving pier at Salthill into the cold wintery Atlantic.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

So the pools are in December and January.
Heard Galway is beautiful that time of year....

 

[Reiser99]

Ok so seems like the text site I used to follow to draw mixed up Quins and Exeter. Here is the correct list.

So I make it...

Pool A:
La Rochelle - Bath & Glasgow
Exeter - Montpellier & Glasgow
Leinster - Bath & Montpellier

Racing 92 - Northampton & Ospreys
Sale - Clermont & Ospreys
Ulster - Clermont & Northampton

Clermont - Sale & Ulster
Northampton - Racing 92 & Ulster
Ospreys - Sale & Racing 92

Bath - Leinster & La Rochelle
Glasgow - La Rochelle & Exeter
Montpellier - Exeter & Leinster

Pool B:
Toulouse - Wasps & Cardiff
Harlequins - Castres & Cardiff
Munster - Castres & Wasps

Bordeaux-Begles - Leicester & Scarlets
Bristol - Scarlets & Stade Francais
Connacht - Leicester & Stade Francais

Leicester - Connacht & Bordeaux-Begles
Scarlets - Bordeaux-Begles & Bristol
Stade Francais - Bristol & Connacht

Wasps - Toulouse & Munster
Cardiff - Harlequins & Toulouse
Castres - Harlequins & Munster

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

So the pools are in December and January.
Heard Galway is beautiful that time of year....

Guinness and hot whiskey weather sure!

 

[Groundhog]

Guinness and hot whiskey weather sure!

Last time we were in the Sportsground in December a man wanted to headbutt you

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Last time we were in the Sportsground in December a man wanted to headbutt you

Talking in third person like Jaqen H'Ghar

 

[Groundhog]

Talking in third person like Jaqen H'Ghar

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You're not wrong, going to rugby games with him can be genuinely stressful.