Rounds 5 and 6 Fixtures Confirmed

Dean Richards' team, bidding to make it five straight wins, will face the 1999 champions at Saturday lunchtime and will go into the Belfast contest with a six-point cushion at the top of Pool 4.

The dates and kick-off times of the final two rounds of Pool fixtures, announced today (Tuesday, 16 December) by ERC, the tournament organisers, see London Wasps and Leinster also in Saturday action when they clash at Twickenham in what could be a Pool decider in the final match of the day.

Cardiff Blues, along with Toulouse the only other teams still able to boast four from four, will meet Gloucester Rugby in the big Anglo-Welsh European clash at Kingsholm on the Sunday with triple title winners Toulouse hosting Glasgow Warriors a day earlier.

The two matches in each Pool in Round 6 will kick-off simultaneously with Pool 6 the first under the spotlight on Friday evening.

The host broadcasters for both Rounds have been confirmed and additional TV coverage will be announced shortly.

HEINEKEN CUP 2008/09
(All kick-offs LOCAL times)

ROUND 5

FRIDAY 16 JANUARY, 2009
Pool 1 Munster v Sale Sharks 20.00 Sky Sports / Canal+Sport
Pool 1 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Montauban 21.00 Canal+ Sport
Pool 2 Edinburgh v Castres Olympique 19.30

SATURDAY 17 JANUARY, 2009
Pool 2 London Wasps v Leinster 17.35 Sky Sports / Canal+ Sport
Pool 3 Perpignan v Ospreys 16.35 France 2
Pool 3 Leicester Tigers v Benetton Treviso 15.00
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Harlequins 13.35 Sky Sports
Pool 5 Toulouse v Glasgow Warriors 14.35 Canal+
Pool 6 Rugby Calvisano v Biarritz Olympique 14.35 Sky Italia

SUNDAY 18 JANUARY, 2009
Pool 4 Scarlets v Stade Français Paris 15.00 S4C* / France 2
Pool 5 Newport Gwent Dragons v Bath Rugby 13.00 Sky Sports
Pool 6 Gloucester Rugby v Cardiff Blues 15.00 Sky Sports

ROUND 6

FRIDAY 23 JANUARY, 2009
Pool 6 Cardiff Blues v Rugby Calvisano 20.00 S4C*/ Sky Sports
Pool 6 Biarritz Olympique v Gloucester Rugby 21.00 Canal+ Sport / Sky Sports

SATURDAY 24 JANUARY, 2009
Pool 1 Sale Sharks v ASM Clermont Auvergne 15.35
Pool 1 Montauban v Munster 16.35 Canal + / Sky Sports
Pool 3 Ospreys v Leicester Tigers 17.35 Sky Sports
Pool 3 Benetton Treviso v Perpignan 18.35 Sky Italia / Canal+ Sport
Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Ulster Rugby 14.35 France 2 / Sky Sports
Pool 4 Harlequins v Scarlets 13.35 Sky Sports

SUNDAY 25 JANUARY, 2009

Pool 2 Leinster v Edinburgh 13.00 Sky Sports
Pool 2 Castres Olympique v London Wasps 14.00
Pool 5 Bath Rugby v Toulouse 15.00 Sky Sports / France 2
Pool 5 Glasgow Warriors v Newport Gwent Dragons 15.00

* Delayed highlights

QUARTER-FINALS - 10 / 11 / 12 APRIL, 2009
SEMI-FINALS - 1 / 2 / 3 MAY, 2009
14th HEINEKEN CUP FINAL - MURRAYFIELD, EDINBURGH
SATURDAY 23 MAY, 2009 - 17.00