Warriors will have mouth-watering Saturday dates at Sixways with European giants Biarritz and Toulon in this season’s EPCR Challenge Cup.
Biarritz, who won the competition in 2012, will be first up on Saturday December 18 (3.15 pm kick-off) with Toulon, who have won the Heineken Champions Cup three times, will be the visitors on Saturday January 15 (kick-off 5.30pm).
Warriors begin their pool programme with a trip to Kingston Park on Friday December 10 (kick-off 8.00pm) and end it in Italy against Parma-based Zebre on Saturday January 22 (kick-off 4.15pm local time).
Warriors have a bye on the final weekend of pool matches on the weekend of April 8-10.
A round of 16 will be played on the weekend of April 15-17 followed by quarter-finals and semi-finals with the final scheduled for the Stade Velodrome in Marseilles on May 27.