What Irish TV channel is La Rochelle vs Leinster on? Stream, kick-off time and odds for European clash
LEINSTER TRAVEL to La Rochelle to kick-off their European campaign against the reigning champions.
Leinster have not had much luck recently against Ronan O'Gara's side having faced each other in the last two Champions Cup finals.
La Rochelle emerged the victors in both clashes which included coming back from 17-0 down in Dublin last May.
Here's everything you need to know about the major clash:
It will be played on Sunday December 10 with kick-off at 3:15pm Irish time.
It will be at Stade Marcel Deflandre.
The match will be shown live on TNT Sports 1.
It can be streamed with a Now TV subscription.
La Rochelle are at 5/6 to win the game, while Leinster are at EVS.
An unlikely draw is set at 19/1.
The winger says the European champions will not take their foot off the pedal this season as they aim for a third Euro crown on the bounce.
Speaking to RTE Sport the South African said: "I think there's a triangle; that's us, Leinster and Toulouse.
"I think we understand we have something special, but we’re still busy writing our own legacy, or putting it together.
"The support we get from the city itself and the fans, sometimes it's not always going well, but they stick it out, and they understand, and we understand that it’s bigger than us.
"Everyone looks forward to celebrating. One doesn’t always get it right but in the last two seasons we’ve been able to do that.
"When I first got to La Rochelle, the older guys who had been here who had won the ProD2 said the one thing that they all wanted was for us to have that feeling of bringing everyone to the port and celebrating something, and we’ve been able to do that twice.
"We have not been able to get one over Toulouse, Leinster has not been able to get one over us, but neither have Toulouse been able to get one over Leinster. It’s pretty interesting.
"We’ve been robbing each other of trophies, so there’s a rivalry there.
"But I think it’s also nice to be able to challenge us and see where we are at the beginning of the competition because we are the head that everyone wants to cut off.
"To be able to go back-to-back-to-back is a tall feat, and we need to do something special this season to be able to do that."
