ERC can confirm that London Welsh will compete in the Amlin Challenge Cup 2012/13 tournament.

London Welsh will play in Pool 5 against Stade Français Paris, Italy’s I Cavalieri Prato and Grenoble.

The fixtures and dates for the first four rounds of next season’s tournament will be announced later this month.

Amlin Challenge Cup 2012/13 Pools

Pool 1: Gloucester Rugby, London Irish, Bordeaux-Bègles, Mont-de-Marsan
Pool 2: Perpignan, Worcester Warriors, VEA Femi-CZ Rovigo, Bizkaia Gernika RT (Spain)
Pool 3: London Wasps, Newport Gwent Dragons, Bayonne, Rugby Mogliano
Pool 4: Bath Rugby, Cammi Rugby Calvisano, Agen, Bucharest Wolves
Pool 5: Stade Français Paris, London Welsh, I Cavalieri Prato, Grenoble

Amlin Challenge Cup Dates

Round 1 11/12/13/14 October 2012
Round 2 18/19/20/21 October 2012
Round 3 6/7/8/9 December 2012
Round 4 13/14/15/16 December 2012
Round 5 10/11/12/13 January 2013
Round 6 17/18/19/20 January 2013

Quarter-finals 4/5/6/7 April 2013
Semi-finals 25/26/27/28 April 2013

Dublin 2013 European club rugby finals

Amlin Challenge Cup final – RDS, Friday, 17 May 2013 (8.00)
Heineken Cup final– Aviva Stadium, Saturday, 18 May 2013 (5.00)