The Investec Champions Cup action returns this weekend with the last-16 ties, including defending champions Toulouse’s clash against Sale Sharks on Sunday.
The schedule begins with Northampton Saints v Clermont on Friday before Toulon host Saracens, Leinster face Harlequins, Castres take on Benetton, La Rochelle meet Munster and Glasgow Warriors welcome Leicester Tigers to Scotstoun in Saturday’s offerings.
Sunday will see French giants Bordeaux-Begles take on Ulster before the round of 16 concludes with reigning champions Toulouse facing off against Sale Sharks.
Here’s all the Champions Cup team news.
Friday
Northampton: 15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Burger Odendaal, 12 Fraser Dingwall (c), 11 George Hendy, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Henry Pollock, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 Alex Coles, 4 Temo Mayanavanua, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Henry Walker, 17 Tom West, 18 Luke Green, 19 Tom Lockett, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Tom Pearson, 22 Tom James, 23 Rory Hutchinson
Clermont: 15 Alex Newsome, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Irae Simone, 12 George Moala, 11 Alivereti Raka, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Sebastien Bezy, 8 Fritz Lee (c), 7 Killian Tixeront, 6 Pita-Gus Sowakula, 5 Thomas Ceyte, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Cristian Ojovan, 2 Barnabe Massa, 1 Giorgi Akhaladze
Replacements: 16 Folau Fainga’a, 17 Etienne Falgoux, 18 Michael Ala’alatoa, 19 Anthime Hemery, 20 Alexandre Fischer, 21 Jules Bousquet, 22 Ben Urdapilleta, 23 Pierre Fouyssac
Venue: cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 20:00 BST
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRE)
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross (IRE), Andrew Cole (IRE)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SA)
Saturday
Toulon: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Jiuta Wainiqolo, 13 Leicester Fainga’anuku, 12 Jeremy Sinzelle, 11 Gabin Villiere, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Ben White, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Esteban Abadie, 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 David Ribbans (c), 4 Matthias Halagahu, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Brian Alainu’uese, 20 Mattéo Le Corvec, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Marius Domon, 23 Setariki Tuicuvu
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Olly Hartley, 11 Angus Hall, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl (c), 8 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 7 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Nick Isiekwe, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Theo Dan, 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 James Hadfield, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Harry Wilson, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Louie Johnson, 23 Brandon Jackson-Richards
Venue: Stade Felix Mayol
Kick-off: 13:30 local (12:30 BST)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GEO)
Assistant Referees: Ben Whitehouse (WAL), Chris Busby (IRE)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRE)
Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Jamie Osborne, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Jack Conan, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Jack Boyle, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Ryan Baird, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Jordie Barrett
Harlequins: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Tyrone Green, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Ben Waghorn, 11 Nick David, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Will Evans, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 Chandler Cunningham-South, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Simon Kerrod, 19 Irne Herbst, 20 George Hammond, 21 Danny Care, 22 Jamie Benson, 23 Luke Northmore
Venue: Croke Park
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Pierre Brousset (FRA)
Assistant Referees: Kevin Bralley (FRA), Thomas Charabas (FRA)
TMO: Tual Trainini (FRA)
Castres v Benetton
Castres: 15 Theo Chabouni, 14 Christian Ambadiang, 13 Adrien Seguret, 12 Andrea Cocagi, 11 Rémy Baget, 10 Louis le Brun, 9 Santiago Arata, 8 Abraham Papalii, 7 Gauthier Maravat, 6 Mathieu Babillot (c), 5 Florent Vanverberghe, 4 Paul Jedrasiak, 3 Will Collier, 2 Gaetan Barlot, 1 Quentin Walcker
Replacements: 16 Loris Zarantonello, 17 Lois Guerois-Galisson, 18 Aurelien Azar, 19 Leone Nakarawa, 20 Baptiste Delaporte, 21 Jeremy Fernandez, 22 Jack Goodhue, 23 Nathanael Hulleu
Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Nacho Brex, 11 Paolo Odogwu, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Riccardo Favretto, 5 Eli Snyman (c), 4 Scott Scrafton, 3 Simone Ferrari,2 Bautista Bernasconi, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Siua Maile, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Giosue Zilocchi, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Michele Lamaro, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Jacob Umaga, 23 Malakai Fekitoa
Venue: Stade Pierre-Fabre
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST)
Referee: Karl Dickson (ENG)
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales (ENG), Jonathan Healy (ENG)
TMO: Dean Richards (ENG)
La Rochelle: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Teddy Thomas, 12 UJ Seuteni, 11 Hoani Bosmorin, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Grégory Alldritt (c), 7 Oscar Jegou, 6 Levani Botia, 5 Will Skelton, 4 Thomas Lavault, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Pierre Bourgarit, 1 Reda Wardi
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq, 17 Alexandre Kaddouri, 18 Aleksandre Kuntelia, 19 Ultan Dillane, 20 Judicael Cancoriet, 21 Matthias Haddad, 22 Antoine Hastoy, 23 Jules Favre
Munster: 15 Thaakir Abrahams, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Seán O’Brien, 11 Andrew Smith, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Oli Jager, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Tom Ahern, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Rory Scannell, 23 Alex Kendellen
Venue: Stade Marcel Deflandre
Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 BST)
Referee: Andrea Piardi (ITA)
Assistant Referees: Adam Leal (ENG), Filippo Russo (ITA)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (ITA)
🟡 Jack Nowell hails Ronan O’Gara as La Rochelle aim to swing season’s ‘momentum’ against Munster
Glasgow Warriors v Leicester Tigers
Glasgow: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Jamie Dobie, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Tom Jordan, 11 Kyle Steyn (c), 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Sione Vailanu, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 JP du Preez, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Grant Stewart, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Euan Ferrie, 21 Rory Darge, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Sebastian Cancelliere
Leicester: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Dan Kelly, 12 Solomone Kata, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Emeka Ilione, 6 Hanro Liebenberg (c), 5 Harry Wells, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Finn Theobald-Thomas, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 Archie van der Flier, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Tom Manz, 20 Finn Carnduff, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Joseph Woodward
Venue: Scotstoun
Kick-off: 20:00 BST
Referee: Craig Evans (WAL)
Assistant Referees: Ben Breakspear (WAL), Gareth Newman (WAL)
TMO: Adam Jones (WAL)
Sunday
Bordeaux-Begles v Ulster
Bordeaux: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Yoram Moefana, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Pablo Uberti, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Maxime Lucu (c), 8 Pete Samu, 7 Guido Petti, 6 Mahamadou Diaby, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Cyril Cazeaux, 3 Ben Tameifuna, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Romain Latterrade, 17 Matis Perchaud, 18 Sipili Falatea, 19 Pierre Bochaton, 20 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 21 Yann Lesgourgues, 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 23 Matthieu Jalibert
Ulster: 15 Michael Lowry, 14 Zac Ward, 13 James Hume, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Jack Murphy, 9 John Cooney, 8 David McCann, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 James McNabney, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Alan O’Connor, 3 Tom O’Toole, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Andrew Warwick
Replacements: 16 Tom Stewart, 17 Callium Reid, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Matthew Dalton, 20 Matty Rea, 21 Nathan Doak, 22 Aidan Morgan, 23 Stewart Moore
Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Kick-off: 13:30 local (12:30 BST)
Referee: Luke Pearce (ENG)
Assistant Referees: Morne Ferreira (SA), Joe James (ENG)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (ENG)
Toulouse v Sale Sharks
Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Ange Capuozzo, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Pita Ahki, 11 Blair Kinghorn, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Paul Graou, 8 Alexandre Roumat, 7 Jack Willis, 6 François Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand (c), 1 David Ainu’u
Replacements: 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Joel Merkler, 19 Clement Verge, 20 Anthony Jelonch, 21 Mathis Castro-Ferreira, 22 Juan-Cruz Mallia, 23 Paul Costes
Sale: 15 Luke James, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Rob du Preez (c), 12 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 11 Arron Reed, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 JL du Preez, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 Tom Curry, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Si McIntyre
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Ben Bamber, 21 Sam Dugdale, 22 Nye Thomas, 23 Tom O’Flaherty
Venue: Stadium de Toulouse
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST)
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SCO)
Assistant Referees: David Sutherland (SCO), Ru Campbell (SCO)
TMO: Mike Adamson (SCO)
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