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ERC can confirm that the Federation Française de Rugby (FFR) has withdrawn its application to host the 2014 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup finals, due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding the availability of the Stade de France.

Last season's beaten finalists have been on the wrong end of a last ditch win by Munster in Ireland and suffered at the hands of a rampant Scarlets side at Franklin's Gardens.

The Premiership side, who were crowned Heineken Cup champions in 2000, face French side, Castres, in the first of their Pool 1 back-to-back clashes at the Stade Pierre Antoine on Saturday.

The French side will still have ambitions of their own in the Pool but will be more than aware they have to record emphatic wins if they are to keep those ambitions alive in this season's Heineken Cup.

Castres were robbed of a home victory over Munster by a last ditch drop goal by Ronan O'Gara and suffered a defeat an away defeat to the Scarlets in the Pool 1 opener

ASM Clermont Auvergne	Benetton Treviso	Cardiff Blues	Castres Olympique	Connacht Rugby	Edinburgh Rugby
Exeter Chiefs	Glasgow Warriors	Gloucester Rugby	Harlequins	Leicester Tigers	Leinster Rugby
Montpellier	Munster Rugby	Northampton Saints	Ospreys	Perpignan	Racing Métro 92
Saracens	Scarlets	Toulon	Toulouse	Ulster Rugby	Zebre

Bath Rugby	Bayonne	Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque	Bordeaux-Begles	Brive	Bucharest Wolves
Cammi Rugby Calvisano	Grenoble	I Cavalieri Prato	London Irish	London Wasps	Newcastle Falcons
Newport Gwent Dragons	Olympus Rugby XV Madrid	Oyonnax	Rugby Mogliano	Sale Sharks	Stade Francais Paris
Viadana	Worcester Warriors

Date	Home	Score	Away	Att
17/12/11	Gloucester Rugby	23 - 19	Connacht Rugby	10,786
10/12/11	Connacht Rugby	10 - 14	Gloucester Rugby	5,115

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