Against a backdrop of increasingly noisy sabre-rattling by those English and French sides who have demanded sweeping changes to the tournament's format, yesterday's draw for the pool stages of next season's Heineken Cup threw up a clutch of fascinating ties in which Scotland's two representatives will renew their acquaintances with foes from campaigns past.
Edinburgh, who delivered the best performance ever by a Scottish side when they reached the semi-final stage last season, find themselves in Pool 1, alongside Racing Metro, Saracens and Munster. Glasgow, who failed to get out of their Heineken pool but claimed a top-four finish in the RaboDiret PRO12, will compete in Pool 4 with Northampton, Ulster and Castres.
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