Leicester Tigers have been drawn in Pool 5 of the new season’s European Challenge Cup and some familiar faces lie in wait. Here’s our guide to the teams and their history.

Cardiff Blues

Challenge Cup winners in 2010 and again in 2018, when they beat Gloucester 31-30 in the Final in Bilbao, the Blues had a season back in the Champions Cup in 2017/18 but missed out a year later as they finished fifth in their PRO14 conference behind Glasgow, Munster, Connacht and Ospreys.

Tigers’ semi-final rivals in the Champions Cup in 2009, when they were beaten in the tournament’s only penalty shoot-out, they will add Josh Adams (Worcester) and Hallam Amos (Dragons) as major signings for the new season, though former Tigers centre Jack Roberts has returned to Doncaster, Blaine Scully is back in the USA and Gareth Anscombe has traded Cardiff for Swansea with a move to the Ospreys.

Leicester Tigers

Making a first appearance in the tournament after an unbroken run in the Champions Cup, they ended the domestic season in 11th place in the Gallagher Premiership.

Tigers are among four previous European Cup winners in the Challenge Cup draw, alongside Wasps, Brive and Toulon, and have faced all three of their pool rivals in previous European Cup seasons.