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Six Nations stadiums named as possible Champions Cup semi-final venues
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EPCR, the organiser of the Investec Champions Cup, has confirmed four potential venues to host this season’s semi-finals.
The Champions Cup semi-finals will take place on the weekend of 2/3 May, with the Final scheduled on Saturday, 23 May at Bilbao San Mamés Stadium.
Following the quarter-finals this weekend, the semi-final fixtures will be decided and the clubs with the highest rankings from the pool stage of the tournament will earn home country advantage in the last four.
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The four selected venues – one in France, one in Ireland, one in England and one in Scotland – will play host to an semi-final depending on the outcome.
The four venues are: Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Bristol’s Ashton Gate had been mooted as a possible venue if Bath ended up playing Toulouse, but Bristol City are at home to Stoke City that weekend.
Possible Champions Cup semi-final matches and venues – 2/3 May (Pool stage rankings in brackets):
• Union Bordeaux Bègles (1) v Bath Rugby (4) or Northampton Saints (5) – Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux (capacity: 42,100)
• Glasgow Warriors (2) v Leinster Rugby (3) or Sale Sharks (11) – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (capacity: 67,130)
• Leinster Rugby (3) v RC Toulon (7) – Aviva Stadium, Dublin (capacity: 51,700)
• Bath Rugby (4) v Stade Toulousain (8) – Stadium MK, Milton Keynes (capacity: 30,500)
• Northampton Saints (5) v Stade Toulousain (8) – Stadium MK, Milton Keynes (capacity: 30,500)
• RC Toulon (7) v Sale Sharks (11) – Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux (capacity: 42,100)
