 Wasps face Clermont Auvergne, Llanelli Scarlets and Munster |
Defending champions London Wasps have been handed a tough draw in next season's Heineken Cup group stages. Wasps will face French side Clermont Auvergne, Wales' Llanelli Scarlets and Irish province Munster in Pool Five.
Pool Six also looks strong with English champions Leicester drawn with Leinster, Toulouse and Edinburgh.
Magners League champions the Ospreys and Gloucester look set to battle it out in Pool Two, although Ulster will expect to be in with a shout.
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Pool Three contains two English sides in Bristol and Harlequins, along with French champions Stade Francais and Welsh outfit Cardiff Blues.
Pool One looks the weakest of the groups with London Irish, Perpignan and Newport-Gwent Dragons, none of whom finished higher than fifth in their leagues last season, grouped with Italian side Treviso.
In Pool Four Biarritz and Saracens look a class above Glasgow and Italian minnows Viadana.
The last two winners are in Pool Five with Wasps and 2006 champions Munster joined by the Scarlets, who reached the last four last season, and Clermont, who have just finished runners-up in the French championship.
Pool Six leads the way in terms of Heineken Cups won, with Toulouse and Leicester having won the tournament five times between them.
The six pool winners, plus the two best runners-up, will qualify for the quarter-finals.
The first round of matches takes place from 9-11 November, while the final will be played at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on 24 or 25 May 2008.
Heineken Cup draw for 2007/08 season:
Pool 1: Benetton Treviso, London Irish, Perpignan, Newport Gwent Dragons
Pool 2: Ospreys, Gloucester Rugby, Bourgoin, Ulster Rugby
Pool 3: Stade Francais Paris, Bristol Rugby, Cardiff Blues, Harlequins
Pool 4: Glasgow Warriors, Saracens, Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque, Viadana
Pool 5: London Wasps, ASM Clermont Auvergne, Llanelli Scarlets, Munster
Pool 6: Leinster, Leicester Tigers, Toulouse, Edinburgh Rugby