Bath Rugby will meet Munster Rugby, Castres Olympique, RC Toulon, Edinburgh Rugby and Gloucester Rugby in the pool stages of the 2025-26 Investec Champions Cup.
Bath Rugby during their victory parade around the city last month | Photo © Bath Echo / Richard Briggs
The teams will do battle in Pool 2 as they begin their journey in a competition whose final will be played at the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, in May.
Bath found out their opponents on Tuesday 1st July, when the draw was made in Dublin.
The Investec Champions Cup will feature the leading sides from last season’s Gallagher Premiership, United Rugby Championship and Top 14.
The full draw for the pool stages is:
- Pool 1 – Stade Toulousain, ASM Clermont Auvergne, Hollywoodbets Sharks, Saracens, Glasgow Warriors, Sale Sharks.
- Pool 2 – Bath Rugby, RC Toulon, Munster Rugby, Castres Olympique, Edinburgh Rugby, Gloucester Rugby.
- Pool 3 – Leinster Rugby, Leicester Tigers, Harlequins, Stade Rochelais, Aviron Bayonnais, DHL Stormers.
- Pool 4 – Union Bordeaux Bègles, Scarlets, Bristol Bears, Section Paloise, Northampton Saints, Vodacom Bulls.
Match weekends are:
- Round 1 – 5th to 7th December
- Round 2 – 12th to 14th December
- Round 3 – 9th to 11th January
- Round 4 – 16th to 18th January
- Round of 16 – 3rd to 5th April
- Quarter-finals – 10th to 12th April
- Semi-finals – 1st to 3rd May
- Final – 23rd May
The Blue, Black & White went out of last term’s Investec Champions Cup in the pool stages. French club Union Bordeaux Bègles lifted the trophy.
However, Bath went on to win the European Professional Club Rugby Challenge Cup as they made their way to a treble of trophies during 2024-25.
