Teams for next year...is this right?

dodger · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 46

England London Wasps, Gloucester, Leicester, Bristol, Saracens, London Irish, Harlequins

Scotland Glasgow, Edinburgh

Ireland Leinster, Ulster, Munster

Wales Ospreys, Cardiff Blues, Llanelli Scarlets, Newport Gwent Dragons

France Stade Fran�ais, Toulouse, Clermont Auvergne, Biarritz, Perpignan, Bourgoin or Montauban

Italy Treviso, Viadana

JLLhorsehead · Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 2 Location: London

crumlinbob · Joined: 10 Jan 2004 Posts: 46 Location: Dublin

why do england have seven? clermont won the challenge cup so will there not be 7 french and six english.

dodger · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 46

Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that it depends on which teams do better in the Heineken Cup...so if a french team gets furthest in the Heineken Cup it will be 7 french teams. But because an english team got further than any french team there will be 7 english teams next year

jimmy · Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 259 Location: UK

Now settled that it is Bourgoin rather than Montauban

England: 6
France: 6
Wales: 3
Ireland: 3
Scotland: 2
Italy: 2
Total of 22 places.

23rd place to whoever does best out of England, France and Italy. So England this year.
24th place to a playoff between 3rd Italian team and best not-already--qualified Welsh / Scottish / Irish team. This year, Dragons beat Calvisano.
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