The Investec Champions Cup gets underway on Friday with two matches before there are another six on Saturday and four on Sunday in a blockbuster opening to the tournament.
Here’s the team news, predictions, match officials and how to watch the action.
Friday
Sale Sharks v Glasgow Warriors
Prediction: Glasgow Warriors by 3
Sale Sharks: 15 Arron Reed, 14 Tom O’Flaherty, 13 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Alex Wills, 10 Rob du Preez, 9 Raffi Quirke, 8 Tom Curry, 7 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Ben Bamber, 4 Tom Burrow, 3 WillGriff John, 2 Nathan Jibulu, 1 Si McIntyre
Replacements: 16 Ethan Caine, 17 Tumy Onasanya, 18 James Harper, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Ben Curry, 21 Gus Warr, 22 Ollie Davies, 23 Gurshwin Wehr
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Max Williamson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Ally Miller, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Dan Lancaster
Venue: CorpAcq Stadium
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Pierre Brousset (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Vincent Blasco Baque (Fra), Julien Caulier (Fra)
TMO: Tual Trainini (Fra)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Bayonne v Stormers
Prediction: Stormers by 5
Bayonne: 15 Yohan Orabe, 14 Tom Spring, 13 Cheikh Tiberghien, 12 Federico Mori, 11 Victor Hannoun, 10 Joris Segonds, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Nika Lomidze, 7 Arthur Iturria, 6 Alexandre Fischer, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Alvaro Garcia Iandolino, 3 Marco Fepulea’i, 2 Vincent Giudicelli, 1 Ignacio Calles
Replacements: 16 Lucas Martin, 17 Swan Cormenier, 18 Pascal Cotet, 19 Manex Ariceta, 20 Facundo Bosch, 21 Raphael Marchesin, 22 Baptiste Tilloles, 23 Arnaud Erbinartegaray
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Dylan Maart, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Clinton Swart, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 JJ Kotzé, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 Lukhanyo Vokozela, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Adré Smith, 20 JD Schickerling, 21 Evan Roos, 22 Dewaldt Duvenage, 23 Jonathan Roche
Venue: Stade Jean Dauger
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Geo)
Assistant Referees: Saba Abulashvili (Geo), Saba Makharadze (Geo)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wal)
How to watch: beIN SPORTS / Premier Sports / SuperSport / FloRugby
Saturday
Saracens v ASM Clermont Auvergne
Prediction: Saracens by 7
Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Noah Caluori, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Max Malins, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ivan van Zyl (c), 8 Tom Willis, 7 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Nick Isiekwe, 3 Marcus Street, 2 James Hadfield, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements 16 Theo Dan, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Harry Wilson, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Charlie Bracken, 22 Fergus Burke, 23 Rotimi Segun
Clermont: 15 Axel Guillaud, 14 Lucas Tauzin, 13 Alex Newsome, 12 Irae Simone, 11 Bautista Delguy, 10 Harry Plummer, 9 Baptiste Jauneau (c), 8 Selevasio Tolofua, 7 Anthime Hemery, 6 Antoine Chalus-Cercy, 5 Tevita Ratuva, 4 Thibaud Lanen, 3 Cristian Ojovan, 2 Etienne Fourcade, 1 Sacha Lotrian
Replacements 16 Tom Belkessa, 17 Matheo Frisach, 18 Giorgi Dzmanashvili, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Leo Michaux Vargas, 21 Sebastien Bezy, 22 George Moala, 23 Lucas Dessaigne
Venue: StoneX Stadium
Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Sco)
Assistant Referees: Ruairidh Campbell (Sco), Jonny MacKenzie (Sco)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Sco)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Bulls v Union Bordeaux-Begles
Prediction: Bordeaux-Begles by 5
Bulls: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sebastian de Klerk, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Marcell Coetzee (c), 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Alulutho Tshakweni
Replacements 16 Johann Grobbelaar, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Jeandre Rudolph, 22 Embrose Papier, 23 Stravino Jacobs
Bordeaux-Begles: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Maxime Lucu (c), 8 Temo Matiu, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Boris Palu, 3 Carlü Sadie, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements 16 Gaetan Barlot, 17 Matis Perchaud, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Jonny Gray, 20 Tiaan Jacobs, 21 Arthur Retiere, 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 23 Salesi Rayasi
Venue: Loftus Versfeld
Kick-off: 17:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce (Eng), Joe James (Eng)
TMO: Ian Tempest (Eng)
How to watch: SuperSport / Premier Sports / France TV / beIN SPORTS / FloRugby
Stade Rochelais v Leicester Tigers
Prediction: La Rochelle by 20
La Rochelle: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Davit Niniashvili, 13 Adrien Seguret, 12 UJ Seuteni, 11 Jules Favre, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Thomas Berjon, 8 Grégory Alldritt (c), 7 Levani Botia, 6 Oscar Jegou, 5 Charles Kante Samba, 4 Thomas Lavault, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Alexandre Kaddour
Replacements 16 Quentin Lespiaucq, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Ultan Dillane, 20 Lucas Andjisseramatchi, 21 Nolhann Couillaud, 22 Diego Jurd, 23 Nathan Bollengier
Leicester Tigers: 15 George Pearson, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Will Wand, 12 Joe Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Tom Whiteley, 8 Joaquin Moro, 7 Josh Manz, 6 James Thompson, 5 Harry Wells, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Will Hurd, 2 Charlie Clare (c), 1 Tareq Haffar
Replacements 16 Finn Theobald-Thomas, 17 Archie van der Flier, 18 Ale Loman, 19 Tom Manz, 20 Sam Williams, 21 Ollie Allan, 22 Charlie Titcombe, 23 Solomone Kata
Venue: Stade Marcel Deflandre
Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire)
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross (Ire), Robbie Jenkinson (Ire)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ire)
How to watch: beIN SPORTS / Premier Sports / SuperSport / FloRugby
Leinster v Harlequins
Prediction: Leinster by 30
Leinster: 15 Jimmy O’Brien, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Ciarán Frawley, 11 Jordan Larmour, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Jack Conan, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Paddy McCarthy
Replacements: 16 Rónan Kelleher, 17 Jack Boyle, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Diarmuid Mangan, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Rieko Ioane
Harlequins: 15 Cameron Anderson, 14 Cassius Cleaves, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Cadan Murley (c), 10 Jarrod Evans, 9 Will Porter, 8 Tom Lawday, 7 Will Evans, 6 Zach Carr, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Kieran Treadwell, 3 Harry Williams, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Boris Wenger
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Will Hobson, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Lucas Schmid, 21 Lucas Friday, 22 Jamie Benson, 23 Bryn Bradley
Venue: Aviva Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Craig Evans (Wal)
Assistant Referees: Adam Jones (Wal), Ben Breakspear (Wal)
TMO: Keith David (Wal)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Bath v Munster
Prediction: Bath by 8
Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Max Ojomoh, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Miles Reid, 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Josh Bayliss, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements 16 Kepu Tuipulotu, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Santi Carreras, 23 Sam Underhill
Munster: 15 Shane Daly, 14 Diarmuid Kilgallen, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Dan Kelly, 11 Thaakir Abrahams, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Tadhg Beirne (c), 5 Tom Ahern, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 John Ryan, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Michael Milne
Replacements 16 Lee Barron, 17 Jeremy Loughman, 18 Michael Ala’alatoa, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Ruadhan Quinn, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 Alex Nankivell, 23 Alex Kendellen
Venue: The Rec
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Jeremy Rozier (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Thomas Charabas (Fra), Benjamin Hernandez (Fra)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (Fra)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Scarlets v Bristol Bears
Prediction: Bristol by 20
Scarlets: 15 Jac Davies, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Eddie James, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Ellis Mee, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Fletcher Anderson, 7 Josh Macleod (c), 6 Max Douglas, 5 Jake Ball, 4 Sam Lousi, 3 Archer Holz, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Sam O’Connor, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Jarrod Taylor, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Joe Hawkins, 23 Joe Roberts
Bristol Bears: 15 Tom Jordan, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 Sam Worsley, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Bill Mata, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Joe Owen, 20 Benjamin Grondona, 21 Sam Wolstenholme, 22 Aidan Boshoff, 23 Josh Carrington
Venue: Parc y Scarlets
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Ita)
Assistant Referees: Filippo Russo (Ita), Franco Rosella (Ita)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (Ita)
How to watch: S4C / Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Sunday
Section Paloise v Northampton Saints
Prediction: Northampton by 3
Pau: 15 Aymeric Luc, 14 Gregoire Arfeuil, 13 Jack Maddocks, 12 Nathan Decron, 11 Clement Laporte, 10 Axel Desperes, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Loic Credoz, 6 Sacha Zegueur, 5 Remi Picquette, 4 Thomas Jolmes, 3 Jon Zabala Arrieta, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Alexandre Etchebehere
Replacements 16 Lucas Rey, 17 Remi Seneca, 18 Guram Papidze, 19 Mickael Capelli, 20 Joel Kpoku, 21 Reece Hewat, 22 Thomas Souverbie, 23 Quentin Valentino
Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank (c), 14 James Ramm, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 George Hendy, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Callum Chick, 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 JJ van der Mescht, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Craig Wright, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Cleopas Kundiona, 19 Ed Prowse, 20 Henry Pollock, 21 Sam Graham, 22 Tom James, 23 Toby Thame
Venue: Stade du Hameau
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Ita)
Assistant Referees: Clara Munarini (Ita), Alberto Favaro (Ita)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Ita)
How to watch: beIN SPORTS / Premier Sports / SuperSport / FloRugby
Gloucester v Castres Olympique
Prediction: Gloucester by 7
Gloucester: 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Will Joseph, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Ross Byrne, 9 Tomos Williams (c), 8 Will Trenholm, 7 Lewis Ludlow, 6 Deian Gwynne, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Freddie Thomas, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 Seb Blake, 1 Ciaran Knight
Replacements 16 Jack Innard, 17 Val Rapava Ruskin, 18 Afolabi Fasogbon, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Josh Basham, 21 Mike Austin, 22 Charlie Atkinson, 23 Rob Russell
Castres: 15 Theo Chabouni, 14 Christian Ambadiang, 13 Vuate Karawalevu, 12 Vilimoni Botitu, 11 Rémy Baget, 10 Pierre Popelin, 9 Jeremy Fernandez, 8 Veresa Ramototabua, 7 Baptiste Cope, 6 Baptiste Delaporte (c), 5 Florent Vanverberghe, 4 Guillaume Ducat, 3 Aurelien Azar, 2 Loris Zarantonello, 1 Quentin Walcker
Replacements 16 Teddy Durand-Pradere, 17 Atunaisa Sokobale, 18 Levan Chilachava, 19 Gauthier Maravat, 20 Abraham Papalii, 21 Gauthier Doubrere, 22 Enzo Herve, 23 Jack Goodhue
Venue: Kingsholm
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Sco)
Assistant Referees: Ian Kenny (Sco), Finlay Brown (Sco)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Sco)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Stade Toulousain v Sharks
Prediction: Toulouse by 60
Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Ange Capuozzo, 13 Teddy Thomas, 12 Kalvin Gourgues, 11 Blair Kinghorn, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Paul Graou, 8 Alexandre Roumat, 7 Anthony Jelonch, 6 Leo Banos, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Joel Merkler, 2 Julien Marchand (c), 1 Rodrigue Neti
Replacements 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 David Ainu’u, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Mathis Castro-Ferreira, 21 Antoine Dupont, 22 Paul Costes, 23 Dimitri Delibes
Sharks: 15 Hakeem Kunene, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Le-Roux Malan, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Ross Braude, 8 Nick Hatton (c), 7 Batho Hlekani, 6 Matt Romao, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 JJ Scheepers, 3 Mawande Mdanda, 2 Eddie Swart, 1 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko
Replacements 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Simphiwe Ngobese, 18 Cebo Dlamini, 19 Jannes Potgieter, 20 Tino Mavesere, 21 Jaden Hendrikse, 22 Jean Smith, 23 Phiko Sobahle
Venue: Stade Ernest Wallon
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Anthony Woodthorpe (Eng), Simon Harding (Eng)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (Eng)
How to watch: France TV / beIN SPORTS / Premier Sports / SuperSport / FloRugb
Edinburgh v RC Toulon
Prediction: Toulon by 3
Edinburgh: 15 Harry Paterson, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Wes Goosen, 12 Findlay Thomson, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Cammy Scott, 9 Ben Vellacott,
8 Magnus Bradbury (c), 7 Dylan Richardson, 6 Liam McConnell, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements 16 Harri Morris, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Glen Young, 20 Freddy Douglas, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 James Lang, 23 Piers O’Conor
Toulon: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Gaël Drean, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Jérémy Sinzelle, 11 Mathis Ferte, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Ben White, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Esteban Abadie, 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 Brian Alainu’uese, 4 David Ribbans (c), 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements 16 Jeremy Toevalu, 17 Leo Ametlla, 18 Dany Priso, 19 Corentin Mezou, 20 Joe Quere Karaba, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Matéo Garcia, 23 Mathieu Smaili
Venue: Hive Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Sara Cox (Eng), Greg MacDonald (Eng)
TMO: Daniel Jones (Eng)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby