Agen and La Rochelle will signal the resumption of the 2010 / 2011 season of European club rugby when they clash in an all-French Round 5 Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 5 contest at Stade Alfred Armandie on Thursday, 13 January, 2011.
Tournament organisers ERC today (Thursday, 23 December) announced the dates, kick-off times and host broadcasters for the final two rounds in the countdown to Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final qualification for the five Pool winners.
The two matches in each Pool will kick-off simultaneously in Round 6 with the Pool 4 matches between Leeds Carnegie against Bucharest Oaks and Crociati Rugby against Stade Français Paris bringing the curtain down on the Pool stages of the tournament.
AMLIN CHALLENGE CUP 2010 / 2011
(All kick-offs LOCAL time)
ROUND 5
THURSDAY 13 JANUARY, 2011
Pool 5 Agen v La Rochelle 20.45 Eurosport France
FRIDAY 14 JANUARY, 2011
Pool 2 Sale Sharks v Petrarca Rugby 19.45
Pool 2 Brive v Cetransa El Salvador 19.30
Pool 3 Newcastle Falcons v Montpellier 20.00
SATURDAY 15 JANUARY, 2011
Pool 1 I Cavalieri Estra v Harlequins 15.00
Pool 1 Bayonne v Connacht Rugby 20.45 Eurosport France
Pool 3 Exeter Chiefs v Bourgoin 19.45 Sky Sports
Pool 4 Crociati Rugby v Bucharest Oaks 15.00
Pool 5 Femi-CZ Rovigo v Gloucester Rugby 15.00
SUNDAY 16 JANUARY, 2011
Pool 4 Stade Français Paris v Leeds Carnegie 18.45 FR4
ROUND 6
THURSDAY 20 JANUARY, 2011
Pool 5 La Rochelle v Femi-CZ Rovigo 20.45
Pool 5 Gloucester Rugby v Agen 19.45 Sky Sports
SATURDAY 22 JANUARY, 2011
Pool 1 Harlequins v Bayonne 18.00
Pool 1 Connacht Rugby v I Cavalieri Estra 18.00
Pool 2 Petrarca Rugby v Brive 15.00
Pool 2 Cetransa El Salvador v Sale Sharks 15.00
Pool 3 Montpellier v Exeter Chiefs 20.45 FR4
Pool 3 Bourgoin v Newcastle Falcons 20.45
SUNDAY 23 JANUARY, 2011
Pool 4 Leeds Carnegie v Bucharest Oaks 14.00
Pool 4 Crociati Rugby v Stade Français Paris 15.00
QUARTER-FINALS
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 APRIL, 2011
SEMI-FINALS
30 APRIL / 1 MAY, 2011
15th AMLIN CHALLENGE CUP FINAL
FRIDAY 20 MAY, 2011 - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff