Ah Jaysus,

Cant wait now. Going to miss both games in October, as I'll be on my holidays.

9 points for the Zebras.
5 from Harlequins
1 from Biarritz

I'd be delighted with that.

Really wanted Biarritz this year. Annoyed we got Harlequins though

Leighton wrote: We flew into Biarritz when we played Dax a couple of years back. Airport is close enough to the town. Took a stroll around for the morning and it seemed okay. Accommo a bit pricey, check around. Think their airport is shut through the winter though so vital we draw them in October. Bayonne is just down the road (five miles or so) and could offer another option for acommo.

I would recommend not staying in Biarritz town at all if money is tight, it's a resort town and a bit bling anyway.

Bayonne is a proper Basque town ten minutes away in a car and has loads more things to see and do. If we get them in Rnd 1 (12/13/14 October 2012) the weather should still be good and there will be campsites still open in the nearby towns, basically Biarritz, Bayonne and Anglet all run into each other and the cosmopolitiain area runs down the coast to St Jean de Luz - Ciboure.

goo.gl/maps/LRjC

There are plenty of campsites between Biarritz and St Jean de Luz - www.campings64.com/gb_fram4.html , and you can rent really well equipped chalets on the sites pretty cheaply.

The draw dates will be the key I should add, it is Atlantic facing and very near the Pyranees so weather can get erratic too, and like Galway when it rains - it means it...

if we play harlequins in pre-season as planned, @connachtrugby would play quins 8times in 3seasons or 13 times from 06/07 atleast 1game year

12/13
11/12 =2
10/11
09/10 =1
08/09 =1
07/08 =1
06/07 =2

ummm, wrote: Really glad to have avoided pool 6.

Don't know what it is about Quins but we just can't get out of each others way. Good bunch though, and the revenge factor will add a bit of spice to our home game.

There are some teams in the HEC that could stuff us like NZ did to Ireland last week, so it's good to have avoided them in that regard, but it would have been nice to get a super big name.

But BO have some great names, hopefully we can get a crowd for that. Am worried about the gates for Quins & Zebre, especially if we've already played Zebre at home in the Pro12 before the HEC game comes around,

Yep we really owe them for the Stoop, we want a double up this time....

Biarritz, great draw for travelling fans especially if we can get them first up in October when teh weather is still beatuiful on Le Paye Basque (for those who remember the Dax trip), but despite being No.1 seeds they do not have a lot of exciting big name players Yachvilli & Harinordoquy being the real deal so essential that we have a result or two under our belts when they visit to ensure a big crowd. Same applies with Quins, we need to be in the running when they come to town, over familiarity and all that..

We flew into Biarritz when we played Dax a couple of years back. Airport is close enough to the town. Took a stroll around for the morning and it seemed okay. Accommo a bit pricey, check around. Think their airport is shut through the winter though so vital we draw them in October. Bayonne is just down the road (five miles or so) and could offer another option for acommo.

Yeah, they said that last year and a fat lot of good it did them in getting out of it

"Harlequins handed kind Heineken Cup draw"

www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-...up-draw-7844301.html

We'll see about that

anyone ever been to biarritz? i got the price for flights at100€ if we played them on first weekend of the draw.

airport is only 5km away from the city so transport cost would be more than 5€

Biarritz, Quins (again) and Zebbre.

Really glad to have avoided pool 6.

Don't know what it is about Quins but we just can't get out of each others way. Good bunch though, and the revenge factor will add a bit of spice to our home game.

There are some teams in the HEC that could stuff us like NZ did to Ireland last week, so it's good to have avoided them in that regard, but it would have been nice to get a super big name.

But BO have some great names, hopefully we can get a crowd for that. Am worried about the gates for Quins & Zebre, especially if we've already played Zebre at home in the Pro12 before the HEC game comes around,

would it be ok if i said we could get 19 points out of that group

A great draw for us, although Pool 6 (Toulon/Montpellier) would have been epic too

Biarritz, quins and the Zebras :woohoo: :woohoo:

BIARITZ AND OF TO LONDON FOR HARLEQUINS

Toulouse or Biarritz

90-odd minutes to the draw. All excited now.