Saracens and Clermont in Champions Cup pool of DEATH

The pool stages of next season's Champions Cup will feature a remake of the last final with holders Saracens and drawn together.
French giants Clermont were in top hat after claiming the Top14 on Sunday while Saracens, despite winning the last two editions of the European Cup, were in the second hat.
The pair will be in pool 2 with Northampton, who were the last qualified for the competition having beaten Stade Francais in the play-off, and the Ospreys.
The winners, Exeter Chiefs, have been drawn in Pool 3 with , and Glasgow.
Scarlets, who were crowned PRO12 champions for the first time since 2004, will be in Pool 5 along with three-time winners, RC , Bath Rugby and Benetton Rugby.
, the number-one ranked Premiership club in the Challenge Cup draw, will take on Newport Gwent Dragons, Bordeaux-Begles and Enisei-STM in Pool 1, while Blues, the highest-ranked Guinness PRO12 representative, are in Pool 2 against Sharks, Lyon and four-time European Cup winners, Toulouse.
Champions Cup pool draw
Pool 1: Wasps, La Rochelle, Ulster, Harlequins
Pool 2: Clermont, Saracens, Ospreys, Northampton
Pool 3: Exeter, Leinster, Montpellier, Glasgow
Pool 4: Munster, Racing 92, Leicester, Castres
Pool 5: Scarlets, Toulon, Bath, Treviso
Challenge Cup pools
Pool 1: Falcons, Newport Gwent Dragons, Bordeaux-Bègles, Enisei-STM
Pool 2: Cardiff Blues, Sale Sharks, Lyon, Toulouse
Pool 3: Gloucester, Pau, Zebre, Agen
Pool 4: Stade Français, Edinburgh, London Irish, Krasny Yar
Pool 5: , Connacht, Worcester Warriors, Oyonnax
Fixtures:
Round 1: October 12/13/14/15, 2017
Round 2: October 19/20/21/22, 2017
Round 3: December 7/8/9/10, 2017
Round 4: December 14/15/16/17, 2017
Round 5: January 11/12/13/14, 2018
Round 6: January 18/19/20/21, 2018
Quarter-finals:  March 29/30/31 / April 1, 2018
Semi-finals: April 20/21/22, 2018
Finals: Friday, May 11-12, 2018 (San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao)

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