DRAGONS DRAW WASPS, BAYONNE & MOGLIANO IN AMLIN

Newport Gwent Dragons have been drawn in Pool 3 of the Amlin Challenge Cup for the 2012/2013 alongside London Wasps, Bayonne and Rugby Mogliano of Italy

Newport Gwent Dragons have been drawn in Pool 3 of the Amlin Challenge Cup for the 2012/2013 alongside London Wasps, Bayonne and Rugby Mogliano of Italy.

The Dragons will face off against Wales scrum-half, Mike Phillips' Bayonne side as well as coming up against ex-Blues coach Dai Young's London Wasps outfit which also counts ex-Dragons coach Paul Turner as part of their back room staff.

The five Pool winners will progress into the quarter-finals where they will be joined by three Pool runners-up from the Heineken Cup.

Pool 1
Gloucester, London Irish, Bordeaux-Begles, Mont-de-Marsan
Pool 2
Perpignan, Worcester Warriors, Rovigo, Bizkaia Gernika RT (Spain)
Pool 3
London Wasps, Dragons, Bayonne, Rugby Mogliano
Pool 4
Bath Rugby, Calvisano, Agen, Bucharest Wolves
Pool 5
Stade Francais, Newcastle Falcons, I Cavalieri Prato, Grenoble

Round 1 – 11/12/13/14 October 2012
Round 2 – 18/19/20/21 October 2012
Round 3 – 6/7/8/9 December 2012
Round 4 – 13/14/15/16 December 2012
Round 5 – 10/11/12/13 January 2013
Round 6 – 17/18/19/20 January 2013
Quarter-finals – 4/5/6/7 April 2013
Semi-finals – 26/27/28 April 2013

The final of the Amlin Challenge Cup has also been confirmed as being at the Royal Dublin Showgrounds on Friday 17th May, 2013.