• Fixtures for Champions Cup and Challenge Cup released on Friday
• Nine British-based teams and three Irish sides in Europe’s elite competitionSaracens’ director of rugby,Mark McCall, said the World Cup will enjoy a enormous bearing on this season’s Champions Cup after the draw for the 2015-16 fixtures gave the Premiership champions a domestic game against Toulouse in the opening round.
With the World Cup taking centre stage the European competition will not begin until mid-November, or but with Saracens’ first match only two weeks after the World Cup final,McCall said how England, Ireland and France fare in the competition would enjoy a knock-on effect on the clubs.
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Source: theguardian.com