London Wasps vs Bayonne European Challenge Cup live On PC!

European Challenge Cup live On pc

London Wasp vs Bayonne

Match scheduled: Last updated:	17-12-2009 from 20:45 until 22:45 GMT 16-12-2009 on 10:20
Group Stage - Amlin Challenge Cup

The 2009–10 European Challenge Cup, also known as the Amlin Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the fourteenth edition of the European Challenge Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from six nations in European rugby. It started on 8 October 2009 at Sixways Stadium in Worcester with Worcester Warriors hosting Montpellier, and will end with the final on the weekend of 21-23 May 2010. The reigning champions are Northampton Saints.

Changes for 2009–10

The competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, announced several changes to the Challenge Cup effective in 2009–10:

Only the five pool winners will qualify for the knockout stage of the competition. They will be joined by three clubs that parachute in from the pool stage of the Heineken Cup, specifically the third- through fifth-highest ranked second-place teams from pool play
The European Challenge Cup winner will continue to receive an automatic berth in the following season's Heineken Cup; for the first time, this place will not come at the expense of its country's allocation. The only exception to this new rule will occur when England or France produces the winners of both the Heineken Cup and ECC in the same season. Both countries are capped at seven Heineken Cup places; in that scenario, the Heineken and ECC winners remain in the Heineken Cup while a berth is granted to the top club in the ERC rankings from another country that has not already qualified for the Heineken Cup