The Dragons will find out who they are to face in next season’s Heienken Cup on Tuesday when ERC conduct their pool draw at Stade de France. (Midday local time)
Using the European rankings, each pool will contain a team from each team and with the exception of Harlequins who are the seventh-ranked English side; no pool will have two teams from the same country.
Dragons are in tier three of this tournament which guarantees that they will not face Top 14 finalist ASM Clermont Auvergne, Sale Sharks or former Heineken Cup champions Northampton Saints and Ulster Rugby
Heineken Cup 2009/10 Teams and Tiers
TIER 1
Munster, Leicester Tigers, Leinster, Toulouse, Bath Rugby, Biarritz Olympique Pays
Basque
TIER 2
Cardiff Blues, Stade Français Paris, Gloucester Rugby, Perpignan, Ospreys, London Irish
TIER 3
Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks, ASM Clermont Auvergne, Scarlets, Ulster Rugby, Newport Gwent Dragons
TIER 4
Harlequins, Glasgow Warriors, Edinburgh, Benetton Treviso, Brive, Viadana
Using the European rankings, each pool will contain a team from each team and with the exception of Harlequins who are the seventh-ranked English side; no pool will have two teams from the same country.
Dragons are in tier three of this tournament which guarantees that they will not face Top 14 finalist ASM Clermont Auvergne, Sale Sharks or former Heineken Cup champions Northampton Saints and Ulster Rugby
Heineken Cup 2009/10 Teams and Tiers
TIER 1
Munster, Leicester Tigers, Leinster, Toulouse, Bath Rugby, Biarritz Olympique Pays
Basque
TIER 2
Cardiff Blues, Stade Français Paris, Gloucester Rugby, Perpignan, Ospreys, London Irish
TIER 3
Northampton Saints, Sale Sharks, ASM Clermont Auvergne, Scarlets, Ulster Rugby, Newport Gwent Dragons
TIER 4
Harlequins, Glasgow Warriors, Edinburgh, Benetton Treviso, Brive, Viadana
