Erc 2012

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Draw takes place this morning for the Heineken cup pool stage. Four Irish teams in it this year although they cant meet in the pool stage. Leinster & Munster both get top seed status, Ulster get 3rd seed & Connaght get 4th seed status so will be tough for them to make an impact.

Draw details at www.erc.com but site seems to be crashed all morning.

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2011/12 HEINEKEN CUP POOLS:

POOL 1 -

MUNSTER
Northampton Saints
Scarlets
Castres Olympique

POOL 2 -

Cardiff Blues
London Irish
Edinburgh
Racing Metro 92

POOL 3 -

LEINSTER
Bath
Glasgow Warriors
Montpellier

POOL 4 -

Leicester Tigers
Clermont Auvergne
ULSTER
Aironi Rugby

POOL 5 -

Biarritz Olympique
Ospreys
Saracens
Benetton Treviso

POOL 6 -

Toulouse
Harlequins
Gloucester
CONNACHT

Not the easiest pool for Munster, Leinster will be happy with theirs I would have thought. Superb draw for Connacht, 3 big big clubs. Horrible draw for Ulster