Leicester Tigers have been drawn with Ulster, Montpellier and Treviso in Pool 5 of next season's Heineken Cup.
And while all of those sides will represent a threat, Leicester will fancy their chances of making the quarter-finals from what looks like one of the easiest of the six pools draw in Dublin this afternoon.
Tigers were hammered by Ulster two seasons ago but this year's losing Pro 12 finalists have lost some of their aura.
They have never met French Top 14 side Montpellier in the competition and have, once again, drawn an Italian team in the form of Treviso, who they have never lost to.
Heineken Cup pools
Pool 1 Leinster Rugby, Northampton Saints, Ospreys, Castres Olympique
Pool 2 Toulon, Cardiff Blues, Glasgow Warriors, Exeter Chiefs
Pool 3 Toulouse, Saracens, Connacht Rugby, Zebre
Pool 4 ASM Clermont Auvergne, Harlequins, Scarlets, Racing Metro 92
Pool 5 Ulster Rugby, Leicester Tigers, Montpellier, Benetton Treviso
Pool 6 Munster Rugby, Perpignan, Edinburgh Rugby, Gloucester Rugby
Heineken Cup dates
Round 1 11/12/13 October 2013
Round 2 18/19/20 October 2013
Round 3 6/7/8 December 2013
Round 4 13/14/15 December 2013
Round 5 10/11/12 January 2014
Round 6 17/18/19 January 2014
Quarter-finals 4/5/6 April 2014
Semi-finals 25/26/27 April 2014
Final 23/24/25 May 2014
The detailed schedule will be sorted out later this summer.
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