Edinburgh Rugby Open Heineken Campaign With Plum Home Tie

Edinburgh Rugby will begin their new Heineken Cup campaign_with a mouth-watering home tie against English club Saracens.Dates and venues for the opening four fixtures in Pool 1 were confirmed by European Rugby Cup this afternoon and there’s already considerable excitement at this cross-border clash, leading to a surge in season ticket sales.After last season’s momentous run, where Edinburgh Rugby reached the Heineken semi-finals, there’s a determination to go further.Head Coach Michael Bradley said: Were very proud of what the club and our supporters achieved in last season’s Heineken Cup._ Our task now is to plan with the same precision our assault on the 2012-13 competition.The Murrayfield match against Saracens will take place on Saturday 13 October with a 1.35pm kick-off._ The match will be shown live on Sky Sports.’saracens finished third in the Aviva Premiership last season and have an abundance of quality international players, not least Kelly Brown. We saw last season, when we opened with a victory against London Irish, the importance of generating momentum from your initial pool game, Bradley noted.Edinburgh Rugby then travel to Thomond Park in Limerick to face Munster on Sunday 21 October with a 12.45pm kick-off._ That game will also be shown live on Sky Sports. Bradley said: Munster have a fantastic Heineken Cup pedigree. They have won the competition twice before and regard Thomond Park as a fortress.Round 3 of the Heineken Cup takes place on Saturday 8 December when Edinburgh Rugby return to the Stade Yves du Manoir where tries by Ross Rennie, Netani Talei and David Denton helped them to a victory over Racing Metro in Paris last season._ That game will kick-off at 7pm French time.The following weekend, on Friday 14 December, with an 8pm kick-off, Racing Metro will take to the Murrayfield turf just over 12 months on from the epic match which Edinburgh Rugby won 48-47. ‘that was a truly memorable occasion and while the odds would suggest that lightning would not strike twice, I know that the never say die attitude of our players won’t change, Bradley added.The home tie against Racing Metro will again be shown on Sky Sports.Precise dates and kick-offs are still to be determined for the final two pool games._ Edinburgh will be at home to Munster on the weekend of 11/12/13 January and then conclude their pool with an away match against Saracens on the weekend of 18/19/20 January.Edinburgh Rugby Managing Director Craig Docherty said: Now we know the order of our Heineken Cup matches the season is really starting to take shape and were receiving more calls about season ticket memberships.’tomorrow there will be more detail of our RaboDirect PRO12 matches too.I would encourage all supporters to take advantage of the savings that season ticket memberships bring.Buying a season ticket membership gives you admission to all regular season home RaboDirect PRO12 and Heineken Cup pool matches, which represents a saving of up to 50% on match day prices.You also receive a ticket to our pre’season friendly against the 2011 Heineken Cup finalists, Northampton Saints on Friday 24 August.To buy a season membership ticket copy this link into your browser http://www.edinburghrugby.org/tickets/season-tickets and follow the link.