Where is the amlin challenge cup final 2017

Bath Rugby London Wasps. Pontypridd Sale Sharks. Harlequins Narbonne. Pau Castres Olympique. AS Montferrand Bourgoin. Colomiers Agen. Bourgoin Castres Olympique. A second-tier European professional club rugby tournament — now officially named the European Rugby Challenge Cup — was established in Leaderboard — English.

Challenge Cup Roll of Honour. Match Centre. In the qualifier was determined by a play-off between the 7th placed teams from the Premiership and the Top Those games were played in May In the qualifiers was determined by a qualification competition played amongst teams from the domestic competitions of Russia, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

The final stage of qualification was played between the 2 pool winners of that competition and the Romanian champions, Baia Mare and Rovigo from Italy. In the qualifiers was determined by a qualification competition played amongst teams from the domestic competitions of Russia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium and Italy.

The final stage of qualification was played between the 2 pool winners of that competition and the two teams that had qualified the previous year, Enisei-STM from Russia and Calvisano from Italy.

In the same format was used. There will be a 14 team pool that will have teams playing 4 rounds of pool play. Teams will not play against other teams from the same domestic competition that they qualified from. The top 8 teams will then combine with 8 teams from the European Rugby Champions Cup to play a round of This will be a knock-out format down to a finals series.

At the end of February the EPCR announced revised a tournament format to allow for the completion of the competition. Broadcaster Jonny Gould looks forward to a new era in the Scottish Challenge Cup that involves two English clubs for the first time. Leeds won their second successive Women's Challenge Cup with a win over Castleford on Saturday. Worcester will give youth a chance in Thursday's Amlin Challenge Cup clash against Biarritz, while Newport Gwent Dragons are looking to stay masters of their own destiny.

Todd Blackadder is excited by the renewal of Bath's rivalry with Bristol as the teams clash in the Challenge Cup on Thursday night, live on Sky Sports. Former England forward Gareth Hock could come up against his old Salford team-mates after his new club Leigh were paired with the Red Devils in the draw for the fifth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup.