European Cup:The Heineken European Cup will start later than usual next season due to the World Cup in France this September/October.
Round one of the pool stages gets under way on the weekend of November 9th to 11th with three more rounds taking place before Christmas - November 16th to 18th, December 7th to 9th and 14th to 16th - before rounds five and six in mid-January.
The tournament restarts on the first weekend of April 2008 with the quarter-finals. And the last four battles take place over the April 25th to 27th weekend.
The European and Challenge Cup finals are pencilled in between May 23rd to 25th.
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