The 2025-26 Investec Champions League will be held from December 5th to 7th, with a total of 12 group matches.
Sale Sharks and Glasgow Warriors will face off in Group One on Friday.
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Here’s all the team news and line-ups for the other eight games involving clubs in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Saracens v Clermont Auvergne
Place: StoneX Stadium date: Saturday, December 6 kick off: 13:00 (GMT)
Coverage: Full match commentary from BBC Radio London and second half commentary from BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra; live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
Saracens England internationals Maro Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl are missing, as are Argentina back-row Juan Martin Gonzalez as they begin their bid for a fourth European title.
Andy Onyeama-Christie returns to the starting line-up after missing Prem’s game against Bath last weekend and there are two changes in the front row, with Marcus Street making his first European start for the club and James Hadfield replacing Theo Dan.
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Nick Isiekwe shared second row with Hugh Tizard, with Tom Willis in eighth.
The defense is unchanged from Bath’s defeat, with defender Ivan van Zyl as captain and Owen Farrell as number 10.
Max Mullins and the exciting Noah Calori are on the wings, with Champions League winner Elliot Daly at full-back.
ClermontCurrently ninth in France’s last 14, the team has made eight changes compared to last weekend’s win at the Stade de France, with seven players set to make their Champions League debut. Experienced internationals Rob Simmons and Jorge Mora started on the bench.
Saracens: Daly; Calori, Cindy, Tompkins, Mullins; Farrell, Van Zyl; Carey, Hadfield, Street, Isikwe, Tizzard, McFarlane, Onyeama-Christie, Willis.
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Alternatives: Dan, Marvey, Riccioni, Wilson, Michelle, Bracken, Burke, Segon.
Clermont Auvergne: Guillot; Tauzin, Newsome, Simone, Delgue; Plummer, Jarno; Lautrian, Fourcade, Oyovan, Lanin, Latoit, Charles-Sersi, Hemery, Tolovoa.
Alternatives: Belkesa, Frisac, Dezmanashvili, Simons, Michaud Vargas, Betsy, Moala, Designe.
La Rochelle v Leicester City
Place: Marcel de Friandre Stadium date: Saturday, December 6 kick off: 17:30 GMT
Coverage: Commentary from BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra; live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
Teenage defender George Pearson replaces Freddie Stewart Leicester Head coach Jeff Palling made some changes from last week’s game against Newcastle ahead of the trip to two-time champions La Rochelle.
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The 19-year-old England youth international was one of the players to make his Champions League debut against Ronan O’Gara’s side.
Hooker Charlie Clare captained Leicester as they replaced their entire front row, with Nicky Smith, Jamie Blemire and Joe Hayes not in the matchday squad.
Hanro Liebenberg and Tommy Reiffel also missed out on a backline consisting of James Thompson, Joshua Manz and Joaquin Morrow.
Billy Sale and Tom Whiteley formed the central defence, with Adam Radwan and Ollie Hassell-Collins remaining on the wings.
La RochelleCurrently ranked 10th in France’s top 14, the team is captained by France international Gregory Alderit, with Lévanne Boutilla and Óscar Jagoux in the back row.
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They are missing several key players through injury such as Will Skelton, Jonathan Dante, Nolan Le Garek and England winger Jack Nowell. Unni Attonio and Irishman Ultan Dilan were on the bench.
La Rochelle: Lez; Niniashvili, Seguret, Seuteni, Favre; West, Beljon; Kaduuri, Latu, Sklavi, Lavo, Kante Samba, Jiegu, Bodia, Alderit.
Alternatives: Lespioc, Vardy, Attonio, Dilan, Angelcelamachi, Cuyo, Judd, Borengil.
Leicester Tigers: Pearson; Radwan, Wonder, Woodward, Hassell-Collins; Sale, Whiteley; Haffar, Clare, Hurd, Henderson, Wells, Thompson, J. Manz, Moreau.
Alternatives: Theobald Thomas, van der Flier, Lowman, T. Manz, Williams, Allen, Titcomb, Kattar.
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Leinster v Harlequins
Place: Aviva Stadium date: Saturday, December 6 kick off: 17:30 GMT
Coverage: Live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
New Zealand international Rieko Ioane is about to celebrate his Leinster Came on as a substitute against Harlequins.
Caelan Doris captains Leinster for the first time since May, with Jack Conan and Josh van der Flier in the back row, while Joe McCarthy partners South Africa international RG Snyman in the second row.
Ireland trio Thomas Clarkson, Dan Sheehan and Paddy McCarthy lined up in the front row, the latter making his Champions League debut.
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Sam Prendergast and Jamison Gibson-Parker partnered at centre-back, with Jordan Larmour, Tommy O’Brien and Jimmy O’Brien forming the back three.
Andrew Porter, James Lowe and Robbie Hanshaw are not included.
Captain Kadan Mulley clown Argentina international Boris Wenger made his first start in the loose prop, alongside Jack Walker in the front row and the returning Harry Williams.
England internationals Marcus Smith, Finn Baxter and Chandler Cunningham-South are unavailable due to the enforced break following the autumn series, with Alex Dombrandt and Tyrone Green also on the injury list.
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Will Porter continued the scrum half with Wales international Jarrod Evans. Luke Northmore returns inside center with Oscar Beard outside him and Cameron Anderson at fullback.
Leinster: J. O’Brien; T. O’Brien, Ringross, Frawley, Larmore; Prendergast, Gibson Park; P. McCarthy, Sheehan, Clarkson, Snyman, J. McCarthy, Conan, van der Flier, Doris.
Alternatives: Kelleher, Boyle, Furlong, Mangan, Deegan, McGrath, Byrne, Ivan.
clown: Anderson; Cleaves, Beard, Northmore, Morley; Evans, Porter; Wenger, Walker, Williams, Treadwell, Lewis, Carr, Evans, Lauday.
Alternatives: Turner, Hobson, Delgado, Longbury, Schmid, Friday, Benson, Bradley.
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Bath v Munster
Place: Record date: Saturday, December 6 kick off: 20:00 (GMT)
Coverage: Commentary for BBC Radio Somerset and BBC Radio 5 sports specials; live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
Finn Russell will make his 50th appearance for the Prem Championship bath Their goal is their first Champions League trophy since 1998.
The one-time champions will certainly aim to improve on last season’s disappointing group stage exit and have named a strong squad captained by Ben Spencer for the Rec competition.
Benoy Obanor, Tom Dunn and Will Stewart started in the front row, with England’s Guy Pepper returning to the starting line-up on the open flank.
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Cam Redpath and Max Ojomo formed the centre-forwards, with Henry Arundel and Joe Cokanasiga at full-back and Tom de Granville at full-back.
Ted Hill, Sam Underhill and Santi Carreras were all substitutes.
muenster Flyback Jack Crowley is out with a leg injury and head coach Clayton McMillan made five changes from the side that lost to the Storm last weekend.
Former Leinster prop Michael Ala’alatoa will make his Munster debut as a substitute, while JJ Hanrahan will replace Crawley and partner Craig Casey at centre-back.
Jean Kleyn returned from international duty with South Africa to start, with captain Tadhg Beirne, John Hodnett and Gavin Coombes in the back row.
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bath: De Granville; Cokanasiga, Ojomo, Redpath, Arundel; Russell, Spencer; Obanor, Dunn, Stewart, Rue, Ewers, Bayliss, Pepper, Reed.
Alternatives: Tupulotu, Van Wyk, Du Toit, Moloney, Hill, Carl-Smith, Carreras, Underhill.
Munster: Daly; Kilgallon, Farrell, Kelly, Abrahams; Hanrahan, Casey; Milne, Barron, Ryan, Klein, Ahern, Bearne, Hodnett, Coombs.
Alternatives: Barron, Loughman, Alatoa, Edobo, Quinn, Coughlan, Nankivell, Kendron.
Scarlett v Bristol
Place: patiskarec date: Saturday, December 6 kick off: 20:00 (GMT)
Coverage: Commentary for BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2; live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
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Ellis Genge returns Bristol Starting 15 player Gabriel Oghre makes his 50th appearance for the Bears as they begin their Champions League campaign at Parc y Scarlets.
Louis Rees-Zammit comes in to replace the injured Jack Bates, Max Lahiff starts ahead of Jake Woolmore and Pat Lam largely sticks with the side that beat Northampton 46-12 last Saturday.
First half Sam Worsley continues in the front half, with Fitz Harding captaining the side for a record sixth time in the Champions League.
Young Wales winger Aidan Boshoff will make his Champions League debut as a substitute after scoring his first goal last weekend.
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scarlet Head coach Dwayne Peel made three changes to the side that beat Glasgow 23-0 last weekend, with Wales internationals Tom Rogers, Jonny Williams and Ellis Mee coming into the backline.
The area is without defender Blair Murray, who has started all four of Wales’ autumn internationals, due to injury.
Tyne Plumtree is out with a rib injury, while Joe Hawkins and Joe Roberts are on the bench after last weekend’s game against South Africa.
Scarlet: J. Davis; Rogers, James, Williams, M.; Costello, G. Davis; Mathias, Elias, Holz, Lewis, Ball, Douglas, McLeod, Anderson.
Alternatives: Van der Merwe, O’Connor, Thomas, Taylor, Davies, Black, Hawkins, Roberts.
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Bristol: Jordan; Rees-Zammit, Van Rensburg, Williams, Lavuvo; Worsley, Marmion; Genge, Ogier, Rashif, Rubiolo, Bartley, Grondona, Harding, Mata.
Alternatives: Thacker, Woolmore, Chavatama, Owen, Grodonna, Wolstenholme, Boshoff, Carrington.
Pau v Northampton
Place: Hammer Stadium date: Sunday, December 7 kick off: 13:00 (GMT)
Coverage: Commentary for BBC Radio Northampton and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3; live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
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Gloucester v Castres
Place: Kingsholm date: Sunday, December 7 kick off: 15:15 GMT
Coverage: Commentary for BBC Radio Gloucestershire and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2; live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
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Edinburgh v Toulon
Place: hive stadium date: Sunday, December 7 kick off: 17:30 GMT
Coverage: Live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
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