European Rugby Challenge Cup Draw 2015/2016

June 17, 2015

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Here is the draw for the 2015/2016 European Rugby Challenge Cup – refresh the page from 1.15pm to see it live:

Pool 1
Connacht Rugby
Brive
Newcastle Falcons
Enisei-STM

Pool 2
Sale Sharks
Newport Gwent Dragons
Castres
Pau

Pool 3
Montpellier
Harlequins
Cardiff Blues
Rugby Calvisano

Pool 4
La Rochelle
Gloucester Rugby
Zebre
Worcester Warriors

Pool 5
Edinburgh Rugby
London Irish
Grenoble
Agen

Straight afterwards from 1.30pm it’s the Champions Cup draw, which you can follow here.
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2 comments on “European Rugby Challenge Cup Draw 2015/2016”

  1. Blub June 17, 2015 at 5:00 pm -

    So the team in Pool 1 is Russian. Does anyone know how they got in here?

    As opposed to a Romanian, Spanish or Georgian team (for example).

    Also, Google maps seems to indicate that they are located closer to China than they are to Moscow, so that would be quite a trip!

    • Mike June 18, 2015 at 10:59 am -

      There was a “qualification tournament” a few weeks ago involving teams from Russia, Spain, Romania, Portugal and Italy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Rugby_Challenge_Cup_Qualifying_Competition. Honestly, seems like a bit of a joke and a real shame, the old tournament had quite a few teams from different countries and that was good to encourage the game to grow in those nations. When this tournament was announced, the message was that there would be a third-tier qualification tournament… and whilst technically I suppose there is it’s a bit disappointing that it’s so low-key and has so few participants