The DHL Stormers will tackle Toulon at home, before going on the road to face Racing 92, as the 2024-25 Champions Cup fixtures were confirmed on Friday.

The EPCR on Friday morning officially announced the pool fixtures for the 2024-25 season of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup.

Drawn in Pool 4 earlier this month, the DHL Stormers have been confirmed to be hosting three-time champions Toulon and Premiership side Sale Sharks, while they will travel to face Harlequins and Siya Kolisi’s Racing 92.

Meanwhile, the Vodacom Bulls will open their Champions Cup campaign on the road against three-time winners Saracens, before return to Loftus to tackle Premiership title-holders Northampton Saints, in a re-match of last season’s quarter-final. In the new year, the Bulls will face Castres away and Stade Francais at home.

The Sharks, who qualified for the Champions Cup by winning last season’s Challenge Cup, start their campaign at Kings Park against 2019-20 champions Exeter Chiefs, before travelling to England to face Michael Cheika’s Leicester Tigers. Like the Bulls, they will face a French double-header in January, with defending European champions Toulouse at home and Top 14 finalists Bordeaux away.

In the Challenge Cup, the Lions will hosts Pau and Dragons, while travelling to take on Montpellier and Ospreys.

Once again using Amsterdam as their home base, the Cheetahs will host Perpignan and Zebre and go on the road to tackle Cardiff and Lyon.

Champions Cup pool fixtures:
Round 1: 7 December
Sharks vs Exeter Chiefs
Stormers vs Toulon
Saracens vs Bulls
Round 2: 14 December
Bulls vs Northampton Saints
Leicester Tigers vs Sharks
Harlequins vs Stormers
Round 3: 11 January
Stormers vs Sale Sharks
Sharks vs Toulouse
Castres vs Bulls
Round 4: 18 January
Bulls vs Stade Francais
Racing 92 v Stormers
19 January: Bordeaux v Sharks

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