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The Investec<\/a> Champions Cup<\/a> campaign rolls on with the second of two rounds in quick succession in rugby\u2019s prestigious club competition.<\/p>\n The tournament began with a bang with an action-packed opening weekend of action, with defending champions Bordeaux Begles up and running with an impressive, if slightly chaotic, win over the Bulls in Pretoria. Their were good wins, too, for Northampton at Pau and Bath against Munster, with the Prem champions underlining their status as possible contenders on a rainy night at The Rec.<\/p>\n The second round kicked off at Welford Road, where Leinster overcame Leicester, while the Glasgow Warriors will hope to back up a strong win at Sale as they host a star-studded Toulouse.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Saracens are in Durban to take on the Sharks while Bath and Sale face tough French trips to Toulon and Clermont Auvergne respectively.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s everything you need to know.<\/p>\n How can I watch the Champions Cup?<\/p>\n Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch every match in the Investec Champions Cup live on Premier Sports, which took the rights to the competition at the start of last season. A live stream will be available via the Premier Sports website.<\/p>\n Full schedule for round two (all times GMT)<\/p>\n Friday 12 December<\/p>\n Leicester Tigers 15-23 Leinster<\/p>\n Saturday 13 December<\/p>\n Stormers vs La Rochelle, 1pm<\/p>\n Clermont Auvergne vs Sale, 3.15pm<\/p>\n Sharks vs Saracens, 3.15pm <\/p>\n Munster vs Gloucester, 5.30pm <\/p>\n Bordeaux Begles vs Scarlets, 5.30pm<\/p>\n Glasgow Warriors vs Toulouse, 8pm<\/p>\n Sunday 14 December<\/p>\n Harlequins vs Bayonne, 1pm<\/p>\n Castres vs Edinburgh, 1pm<\/p>\n Toulon vs Bath, 3.15pm<\/p>\n Northampton vs Bulls, 3.15pm <\/p>\n Bristol vs Pau, 5.30pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-345301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}