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All four provinces will again go into the draw for next season’s Heineken Champions Cup which takes place in Lausanne, Switzerland on Wednesday at 12.00pm (Irish time).
The draw, which will be live-streamed on the competition's official website, will be run on the same lines as last season, with the 24 clubs first placed into four tiers based on their rankings, before being drawn into two pools of 12 - Pool A and Pool B.
Clubs from the same league in the same tier cannot be drawn into the same pool.
Pool draw tiers
Tier 1: Harlequins, Exeter Chiefs, Leinster Rugby, Munster Rugby, Stade Toulousain, Stade Rochelais
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Tier 2: Bristol Bears, Sale Sharks, Ulster Rugby, Connacht Rugby, Racing 92, Union Bordeaux-Bègles
Tier 3: Northampton Saints, Leicester Tigers, Scarlets, Ospreys, ASM Clermont Auvergne, Stade Français Paris
Tier 4: Bath Rugby, Wasps, Cardiff Rugby, Glasgow Warriors, Castres Olympique, Montpellier Hérault Rugby
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