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Wilkinson to face Falcons
Jonny Wilkinson will come up against former club Newcastle in the Amlin Challenge Cup next season after Toulon, his current employers, and the Falcons were drawn together in Pool Two.
Fly-half Wilkinson scored over 2,000 points during his 12 years with the Aviva Premiership side before heading off to France in 2009.
Now the England international will get the chance to make a return to Kingston Park in the group stages of Europe's second-tier club competition.
Also in the same pool are Italian champions Petrarca Padova and Top 14 newcomers Lyon Rugby.
Elsewhere, Stade Francais - beaten finalists in 2011 - have been paired with newly-promoted Premiership side Worcester, as well as Crociati Parma of Italy and Romania's Bucharest Wolves, in Pool One.
Wasps head the third group where the 2003 tournament winners are joined by Bayonne, Femi-CZ Rovigo and Bordeaux-Begles.
Exeter have been handed a tough draw in Pool Four, though. The Chiefs will not only come up against Newport Gwent Dragons but also French heavyweights Perpignan. Cavalieri Prato complete the line-up.
Sale, meanwhile, find themselves alongside Top 14 pair Brive and Agen and Spanish representatives Club de Rugby La Vila in Pool Five.
Pool 1: Stade Francais Paris, Worcester Warriors, Crociati Parma, Bucharest Wolves
Pool 2: Toulon, Newcastle Falcons, Petrarca Padova, Lyon Rugby
Pool 3: London Wasps, Bayonne, Femi-CZ Rovigo, Bordeaux-Begles
Pool 4: Perpignan, Newport Gwent Dragons, Exeter Chiefs, Cavalieri Prato
Pool 5: Sale Sharks, Brive, Agen, Club de Rugby La Vila
