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Dragons draw Hook’s Perpignan

Dragons draw Hook’s Perpignan

Newport Gwent Dragons will be returning to the south of France and lining up against former Ospreys outside half James Hook this season in the Amlin Challenge Cup having been drawn with former French champions Perpignan.

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The five Pool winners will progress into the quarter-finals where they will be joined by three Pool runners-up from the Heineken Cup.

“Perpignan is a team that our players know and they have obvious ambition,” said Dragons Head Coach Darren Edwards. “Their signing of James Hook shows this and they are sure to be a big challenge for us. If Hook is at ten for Perpignan, it will be a great challenge for Jason Tovey to pitch himself against another Welsh outside half.

“Obviously it will be significant for Danny Lydiate going back to Perpignan (Lydiate suffered a broken neck during the Men of Gwent’s last outing to Perpignan in the 2007 Heineken Cup) But Danny is a high-collision player anyway and having gone into the international setup and been so successful I’m sure he’ll take this in his stride.”

The Men of Gwent are also joined in pool 4 by Exeter Chiefs and Italian outfit Cavalieri Prato.

Amlin Challenge Cup 2011 / 2012 Pools

Pool 1: Stade Francais Paris, Worcester Warriors, Crociati Parma, Bucharest Wolves

Pool 2: Toulon, Newcastle Falcons, Petrarca Padova, Lyon Rugby

Pool 3: London Wasps, Bayonne, Femi-CZ Rovigo, Bordeaux-Begles

Pool 4: Perpignan, Newport Gwent Dragons, Exeter Chiefs, Cavalieri Prato

Pool 5: Sale Sharks, Brive, Agen, Club de Rugby La Vila

Amlin Challenge Cup 2011/12 Dates

ROUND 1 – 10/11/12/13 November 2011

ROUND 2 – 17/18/19/20 November 2011

ROUND 3 – 8/9/10/11 December 2011

ROUND 4 – 15/16/17/18 December 2011

ROUND 5 – 12/13/14/15 January 2012

ROUND 6 – 19/20/21/22 January 2012

QUARTER-FINALS – 6/7/8 April 2012

SEMI-FINALS – 27/28/29 April 2012

The 16th Amlin Challenge Cup Final – 18/19/20 May 2012

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