What time is the European rugby on TV today?

A feast of European rugby gets underway as some of the biggest teams in the sport go head-to-head in round one.

It will be the first year that South African teams will be involved in the Heineken Champions and Challenge Cup, with DHL Stormers, Cell C Sharks and Toyota Cheetahs all featuring.

There will be matches played over the entirety of the weekend, as London Irish and Montpellier kicked off proceedings on Friday night.

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Ospreys are the only Welsh region in the elite Champions Cup, as they face Leicester Tigers at 5.30PM on Sunday evening, in what will be the final action of the weekend.

Cardiff Rugby host Brive in the Welsh capital, Dragons travel to South Africa to play fellow URC side Emirates Lions and Scarlets host Bayonne in Llanelli.

What rugby is on Saturday?

Champions Cup

All Champions Cup matches will be broadcast live on BT Sport. Click here to sign up. It's £17 per month on a 24-month contract or £25 for a month pass.

• Racing 92 v Leinster - 2PM
• Cell C Sharks v Harlequins - 3PM
• Gloucester v Bordeaux - 3.15PM
• Clermont Auvergne v DHL Stormers - 4:15PM
• La Rochelle v Northampton Saints - 6.30PM
• Vodacom Bulls v Lyon - 7.30PM
• Castres v Exeter Chiefs - 9PM

Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup matches will be shown on Viaplay (formerly Premier Sports), S4C and epcrugby.tv.

• Emirates Lions v Dragons - 10.45PM - Viaplay
• Bath v Glasgow Warriors - 1PM - Viaplay
• Pau v Toyota Cheetahs - 2PM - Viaplay
• Cardiff Rugby v Brive - 5.30PM - S4C
• Connacht v Newcastle Falcons - 5.30PM - Viaplay
• Zebre v Toulon - 9PM - epcrugby.tv

You can sign up to watch using the links below

• Viaplay - click here
• epcrugby.tv - click here

What rugby is on Sunday?

Champions Cup

• Sale Sharks v Ulster - 1PM
• Saracens v Edinburgh - 3.15PM
• Munster v Toulouse - 3.15PM
• Ospreys v Leicester Tigers - 5:30PM

Challenge Cup

• Scarlets v Bayonne - 3.15PM - epcrugby.tv

What do the pools look like?

Champions Cup

Pool A

1. Castres
2. Cell C Sharks
3. Edinburgh
4. Exeter Chiefs
5. Gloucester
6. Harlequins
7. Leinster
8. Lyon
9. Racing 92
10. Saracens
11. Bordeaux-Begles
12. Vodacom Bulls

Pool B

1. Clermont Auvergne
2. DHL Stormers
3. Leicester Tigers
4. London Irish
5. Montpellier
6. Munster
7. Northampton Saints
8. Ospreys
9. Sale Sharks
10. La Rochelle
11. Toulouse
12. Ulster

Challenge Cup

Pool A

1. Bath Rugby
2. Bristol Bears
3. Brive
4. Cardiff
5. Connacht
6. Glasgow Warriors
7. Newcastle Falcons
8. Toulon
9. Perpignan
10. Zebre

Pool B

1. Bayonne
2. Benetton
3. Dragons
4. Emirates Lions
5. Scarlets
6. Pau
7. Stade Francais
8. Toyota Cheetahs

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