Scarlets face a tough start to their European Rugby Champions Cup away to last season’s Heineken Cup winners Toulon on Sunday 19 October.
Wayne Pivac’s side then host Leicester Tigers on Saturday 25 October.
Ospreys host Benetton Treviso in their opener before a trip to Aviva Premiership champions Northampton a week later.
The competition has
the Heineken Cup
The new tournament involves 20 teams, rather than 24, with Wales represented by the Ospreys and Scarlets.
Five other Pro12 sides are joined by seven English teams and six from the French Top 14.
Newport Gwent Dragons and Cardiff Blues are involved in the European Challenge Cup which has replaced the second-tier Amlin Cup.
The Dragons are away to Stade Francais Paris in their opening fixture on Saturday 18 October with the Blues at home to Grenoble on the same day.
The quarter-finals of both tournaments will be played on the weekend of 3/4/5 April 2015 and the semi-finals on 17/18/19 April.
The Challenge Cup final will be played at Twickenham Stoop on Friday 1 May, while the Champions Cup decider is set for the following day at Twickenham.
European Rugby Champions Cup round one fixtures
17 October
Pool 2
Harlequins
v
Castres Olympique
18 October
Pool 1
Sale Sharks
v
Munster
18 October
Pool 1
Saracens
v
Clermont Auvergne
18 October
Pool 4
Glasgow Warriors
v
Bath
18 October
Pool 5
Racing Métro 92
v
Northampton
18 October
Pool 3
Leicester
v
Ulster
19 October
Pool 5
Ospreys
v
Benetton Treviso
19 October
Pool 4
Toulouse
v
Montpellier
19 October
Pool 3
Toulon
v
Scarlets
19 October
Pool 2
Leinster
v
Wasps
European Rugby Challenge Cup round one fixtures
16 October
Pool 5
Gloucester
v
Brive
17 October
Pool 3
Newcastle
v
Bucharest or Calvisano
17 October
Pool 4
Bordeaux-Begles
v
Edinburgh
18 October
Pool 4
Lyon
v
London Welsh
18 October
Pool 1
Cardiff Blues
v
Grenoble
18 October
Pool 5
Zebre
v
Oyonnax
18 October
Pool 2
Connacht
v
La Rochelle
18 October
Pool 2
Bayonne
v
Exeter Chiefs
18 October
Pool 3
Stade Francais
v
Newport Gwent Dragons
19 October
Pool 1
London Irish
v
Rovigo or Tbilisi
Article source: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/marshall-trimble-and-henry-set-to-start-for-ireland-1.1674155
European Rugby Champions Cup: Scarlets to start away to Toulon
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