Ok, here we go. The visual explainer to how the Champions Cup pool fixtures actually work.

Here's the result of today's draw. Two pools of 12.

This does not naturally lend itself to knowing who *your* team is playing.

So, here's another way to look at it...

This is a little better. That extra info - the Tiers - actually gives you all you need.

But we can do better, right?

Now we're getting somewhere. Lift Tier 4 teams up beside Tier 1, pushing Tiers 2 and 3 down a bit.

But we can do better, right?

(yes, we could do better by spotting that I'd put Bath in twice in place of Sale... so there's that...)

ANYWAY...

Here you go. If you're staring at the two Champions Cup pools and wondering how the hell you get from there to the actual fixture list for the pool stages, this is how it works.

This isn't hard stuff. No maths, no numbers. But folks are not finding it massively intuitive when looking at two lists of 12 teams as to who you're going to be playing in this season's Champions Cup.

So, I hope this is helpful.