Champions Cup quarter-finals: All you need to know

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Champions Cup quarter-finals: All you need to know

13 of the 26 Heineken Champions Cup titles have been won by Irish teams. The last eight of this years competition is split between the old guard and the new money. Toulouse, Munster, Leicester and Leinster are in the bottom half of draw. Both of their quarter-finals are repeats of former finals.

RTÉ Radio 1 will have live commentary of Munster v Toulouse (Saturday 3pm) and updates from Leicester Tigers v Leinster ( Saturday 5.30pm).

RTE will have live blogs on Munster v Toulouse and Leicester Tigers v Leinster.

Temperatures will be around 15C for Aviva Stadium on Saturday. It will reach 18C in Leicester for Leinster's match with the Tigers.

Munster and Toulouse are playing their 19th game in the last eight of the Heineken Champions Cup. Munster are looking to reach their first semi-final since 2019. Tullouse won the previous round against Ulster. They are also looking for their second consecutive French and European double. They beat La Rochelle 23-16 last week. Andrew Conway will return for Munsters. He is still sidelined with several injuries.

Toulouse are playing in the Champions Cup quarter-finals. Toulouses are starting with Thomas Ramos, Dimitri Delibes, Pierre Fouysaac, Pita Ahki, Metthis Lebel, Romain Ntamack, Antoine Dupont, Rodrigue Neti, Julian Marchand, Dorian Aldegheri and Rory Arnold.

Leo Cullen's side are the lower seed heading into the knockouts. Leicester have won five out of five games and averaged more than 50 points per game. Leinster have brought a shadow squad to South Africa for their recent tour. Steve Borthwick's Leicester won away games against Bordeaux-Begles and Connacht. Leicester also have a better record at Welford Road than Leins.

Leicester Tigers are in the Champions Cup quarter-finals.

Nic Dolly, James Whitcombe, Joe Heyes, Harry Wells, George Martin, Richard Wigglesworth, Freddie Burns, Nemani Nadolo are the substitutes for the Champions Cup quarter-finals.

Leinster Rugby team: Hugo Keenan, Jimmy O'Brien, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe, Johnny Sexton, Jamison Gibson Park, Andrew Porter, Rónan Kelleher, Tadhg Furlong, Ross Molony, Caelan Doris, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.

La Rochelle will play Montpellier in the quarter-finals on Saturday at 5.30 pm. Racing 92 will face Sale Sharks in Paris on Sunday at 3 pm, with Laurent Travers' side favourites to go through to the last four.


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