Newcastle and Brive will continue their European Challenge Cup rivalry in the 2008/09 season after being drawn together once again.

The teams will go head-to-head for the fourth successive season after they were grouped with Overmach Parma and Cetransa El Salvador in Pool Four.

The Falcons have a 5-1 record against the French side in those meetings, including wins on French soil at the home of the 1997 Heineken Cup winners in the 2005/2006 and 2007/2008 tournaments.

Worcester, beaten finalists last month, are up against Bourgoin, Petrarca Rugby and Romanian side Bucuresti Oaks while their Guinness Premiership rivals London Irish meet Connacht and Rovigo plus one of Albi and Dax.

Newly-promoted Northampton Saints face Toulon, Bristol and Montpellier while Saracens meet Bayonne, Stade Montois Rugby and Viadana.

POOLS

One: London Irish, Connacht, Dax or Albi, Rugby Rovigo

Two: Northampton Saints, Bristol, Montpellier, Toulon

Three: Bourgoin, Worcester Warriors, Petrarca, Bucuresti Oaks

Four: Newcastle Falcons, Brive, Overmach Rugby Parma, Cetransa El Salvador

Five: Saracens, Viadana, Bayonne, Stade Montois Rugby.

Sporting Life / Eurosport