Who will the four Irish provinces get in today’s draw for next season’s competition?
LeinsterThe biggest difference to the format of the Champions Cup this year is that the large pools of 12 have been cut into four six-team groups instead. Of those, four teams will advance to the knockout stages, the last 16. The fifth place team will be diverted into the Challenge Cup.
There will be no pool matches between teams from the same domestic league meaning the Irish teams will play against the English and French teams in their pool, with two home games and two away games. There will also be just two tiers of seeds. As winners of their respective leagues, Munster, Saracens and Toulouse have earned top-seed status, along with defending champions La Rochelle. The remaining 20 teams will be in the second tier, including twice runners-up Leinster.Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Champions Cup draw for 2023/24. All four Irish provinces are in the draw, with Munster in a tier ahead of Leinster this time thanks to their win of the United Rugby Championship.
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