The Scarlets begin their Investec Champions Cup campaign at Parc y Scarlets with a Round 1 clash against Bristol Bears, marking the first meeting between the teams in Europe since January 2022.

Bath opens its Investec Champions Cup campaign at the Recreation Ground in one of the most anticipated cross-league clashes of Round 1, facing a Munster side that has begun the URC season with strong form.

Leinster opens its Investec Champions Cup campaign at Aviva Stadium with a Round 1 matchup against Gallagher PREM opponent Harlequins, renewing a fixture that produced one of the most dominant results of the year.

Stade Rochelais opens its Investec Champions Cup campaign at Stade Marcel-Deflandre with a Round 1 matchup against Gallagher PREM opponent Leicester Tigers, renewing a fixture last seen in January during the 2024 pool stage.

Saracens opens its Investec Champions Cup campaign at StoneX Stadium against Top 14 opponent Clermont, renewing a matchup that last appeared in European competition seven years ago.

The Investec Champions Cup returns with a Round 1 clash that brings together two clubs familiar with each other and familiar with high-stakes December rugby. They'll meet at 3 p.m. ET on Dec. 5.

Every match of the Investec Champions Cup will stream live on FloRugby and the FloSports app, but only the Round 1 matches will fans be able to watch all the action free, courtesy of World Rugby Shop.

One of the most stunning offseason transfers makes his debut in Round 1 of the Investec Champions Cup on Dec. 6.

Last year, the world of rugby said goodbye to some of the best players of their generation when they retired following the club season, as age continues to end more careers than knee injuries, meteor showers and zombie attacks.

When Antoine Dupont went down with an injury in the 2025 Six Nations, France needed a new scrumhalf, and luckily Les Bleus knew who to turn to in order to finish off the championship run.

Round 1 of the Investec Champions Cup arrives with the continental landscape finely balanced and the domestic form lines sharpening into something far more predictable.

Every Investec Champions Cup pool is a massive challenge to win, and it becomes even more difficult when the defending champions and the runner-up land in the same pod.

Pool 3 of the Investec Champions Cup features the club with the second-most wins in the competition’s history and three of just eight clubs to have won the Champions Cup multiple times in the 30-year history.

Pool 2 of the Investec Champions Cup certainly is top-heavy, with the Gallagher PREM leaders and defending champions leading the way, along with the No. 3 club in the United Rugby Championship and the No. 3 club in the Top 14.

Pool 1 of the Investec Champions Cup features the most dominant team in the history of the competition that is seeking its seventh title. It includes the most dominant home side in the game today. It has a South African club with the biggest Springboks stars of the last two World Cups. And it even has the club that produced the teams of the decade in the 2010s.