The Heineken Cup dates have been announced with Ulster facing a tough opener at home to Clermont. Having said that getting any French side at home for the first game has to be a bonus as they can take a while to warm to the competition.
Next up is the Tigers away and it may be sufficiently early in the competition for the English giants to be short some of their World Cup stars but it’s always going to be a tough game irrespective of who turns out. A losing bonus would be the target for Ulster here setting them up nicely for the back to back fixtures against Aironi in December.
Leicester are not going to like visiting Ravers in January and this is likely to be the decisive game in the Pool for Ulster. A win is expected, but a very narrow one, and it will all be a question of bonus points at that stage. All that we can hope for is that the group is still live for the following weeks trip to Clermont and that by that stage the French have turned their attention back to the Top 14.
A historic away win in France . . .
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