Rugby:ERC has announced that the 2014 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup finals will be staged in France.
The two European club rugby showpiece matches will be played on the weekend of 23/24/25 May 23rd/24th/25th and ERC is currently working in partnership with the FFR to confirm dates and venues for both games.
It will mark the fourth occasion Heineken Cup final has been staged in France and the sixth time the Amlin Challenge Cup final has been played on French soil. The announcement was made today at the French launch of the 2012/13 tournaments which was held at the headquarters of France Télévisions in Paris.
The event, which was attended by representatives of the seven French Heineken Cup clubs and by Stade Francais Paris who are competing in the Amlin Challenge Cup, is one of four official launches organised by ERC in advance of the 2012/13 European club rugby season.
Further launches will be held in London October 1st, Sky Studios), Dublin (October 2nd, Aviva Stadium) and Rome (October 8th, Stadio Olimpico).
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