Paris - The Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup, the two European rugby union annual competitions, will kick off mid-november next season due to the World Cup, organisers EPCR announced on Thursday.
The first two rounds of both continental competitions will be played on November 12-15, at a time usually devoted to the Autumn tests.
The end-of-year internationals between the Northern and Southern hemispheres will not take place because of the World Cup, hosted in England from September 18 to October 31.