Leinster to launch Heineken defence against Exiles
The Leinster team celebrates winning the 2009 Heineken Cup at Murrayfield on May 23. Photo: David Rogers, Getty Images
Thursday July 23 2009
Leinster will launch the defence of their Heineken Cup title against London Irish on Friday October 9th at the RDS in Dublin.
It's the first time the champions and the Exiles meet in competition.
Leo Cullen's side then travel to France to clash with 1997 winners Brive before their back-to-back home-and-away contests with the Scarlets.
Two-time champions Munster open their campaign away to the Northampton Saints at six o'clock on the Saturday.
Paul O'Connell & co host Benetton Treviso in a lunchtime kick-off on Saturday October 17 and then play Perpignan twice in December.
Ulster are also at home to Bath on the opening Friday night.
The Northerners are away to Edinburgh on the Saturday for Round 2 and the first of their two games against Stade Francais will be at Ravenhill on Saturday December 12th.
Heineken Cup Fixtures:
ROUND 1
Friday, October 9, 2009:
Pool 2 Gloucester v Newport Gwent Dragons 8pm S4C* / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Bath Rugby 7.30pm
Pool 6 Leinster v London Irish 8pm / Sky Sports
Saturday, October 10, 2009:
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Perpignan 2.30pm
Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Munster 6pm / Sky Sports
Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Biarritz Olympique 3.45pm Sky Sports
Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Viadana 4pm
Pool 4 Stade Francais Paris v Edinburgh 2.35pm / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Harlequins 1.35pm / Sky Sports / S4C
Pool 6 Scarlets v Brive 3pm
Sunday, October 11, 2009:
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Ospreys 12.45pm Sky Sports / S4C
Pool 5 Toulouse v Sale Sharks 4pm / Sky Sports
ROUND 2:
Friday, October 16, 2009:
Pool 1 Perpignan v Northampton Saints 9pm / Sky Sports
Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Glasgow Warriors 7.30pm
Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Cardiff Blues 8pm / Sky Sports
Saturday, 17 October, 2009:
Pool 1 Munster v Benetton Treviso 1.35pm / Sky Sports
Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Gloucester Rugby 2.35pm / Sky Sports
Pool 3 Viadana v Leicester Tigers 2.30pm / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Edinburgh v Ulster Rugby 3.45pm Sky Sports
Pool 5 Harlequins v Toulouse 6pm / Sky Sports
Pool 6 London Irish v Scarlets 3pm
Pool 6 Brive v Leinster 4.45pm Sky Sports
Sunday, October 18, 2009:
Pool 3 Ospreys v ASM Clermont Auvergne 12.45pm S4C / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Stade Français Paris 3pm / Sky Sports
ROUND 3
Friday, December 11, 2009:
Pool 1 Munster v Perpignan 8pm / Sky Sports
Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Gloucester Rugby 7.30pm
Saturday, December 12, 2009:
Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Benetton Treviso 3pm
Pool 3 Viadana v Ospreys 2.30pm / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Stade Français Paris 1.35pm / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Toulouse 3.45pm S4C / Sky Sports
Pool 6 Scarlets v Leinster 6pm Sky Sports / S4C
Pool 6 Brive v London Irish 7pm / Sky Sports
Sunday, December 13, 2009:
Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Newport Gwent Dragons 1.45pm / Sky Sports
Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Leicester Tigers 4pm / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Edinburgh 3pm / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Harlequins v Sale Sharks 12.45pm / Sky Sports
ROUND 4
Friday, December 18, 2009:
Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Biarritz Olympique 8pm / Sky Sports
Saturday, 19 December, 2009:
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Northampton Saints 2.30pm / Sky Sports
Pool 3 Ospreys v Viadana 2.30pm
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v ASM Clermont Auvergne 6pm Sky Sports
Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Ulster Rugby 4.45pm / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Edinburgh v Bath Rugby 1.35pm / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Toulouse v Cardiff Blues 2.35pm Sky Sports
Pool 6 Leinster v Scarlets 3.45pm / Sky Sports
Pool 6 London Irish v Brive 3pm
Sunday, December 20, 2009:
Pool 1 Perpignan v Munster 4pm / Sky Sports
Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Glasgow Warriors 12.45pm / Sky Sports
Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Harlequins 3pm
ROUND 5
January 15/16/17, 2010:
Pool 1 Benetton Treviso v Munster
Pool 1 Northampton Saints v Perpignan
Pool 2 Gloucester Rugby v Biarritz Olympique
Pool 2 Glasgow Warriors v Newport Gwent Dragons
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Viadana
Pool 3 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Ospreys
Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Bath Rugby
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Edinburgh
Pool 5 Toulouse v Harlequins
Pool 5 Cardiff Blues v Sale Sharks
Pool 6 Leinster v Brive
Pool 6 Scarlets v London Irish
ROUND 6
January 22/23/24, 2010:
Pool 1 Munster v Northampton Saints
Pool 1 Perpignan v Benetton Treviso
Pool 2 Biarritz Olympique v Glasgow Warriors
Pool 2 Newport Gwent Dragons v Gloucester Rugby
Pool 3 Viadana v ASM Clermont Auvergne
Pool 3 Ospreys v Leicester Tigers
Pool 4 Bath Rugby v Ulster Rugby
Pool 4 Edinburgh v Stade Français Paris
Pool 5 Harlequins v Cardiff Blues
Pool 5 Sale Sharks v Toulouse
Pool 6 Brive v Scarlets
Pool 6 London Irish v Leinster
QUARTER-FINALS
April 9/10/11, 2010
SEMI-FINALS
May 1/2, 2010
15th HEINEKEN CUP FINAL
Saturday, May 22, 2010 – Stade de France
