Champions Cup team news: Tadhg Furlong starts as Jordie Barrett on bench for Leinster while Antoine Dupont leads fully-loaded Toulouse at Sharks

Round Three of the Investec Champions Cup takes place this weekend and there’s some tasty fixtures on the schedule, notably La Rochelle v Leinster on Sunday.

It’s a blockbuster weekend and Leinster are pretty much at full strength for their clash with La Rochelle as Tadhg Furlong returns to fitness to start at Stade Marcel Deflandre.

Jordie Barrett and RG Snyman are both on the bench for Leo Cullen’s outfit while La Rochelle are missing several players due to injury and suspension for Saturday’s fixture.

Elsewhere, Antoine Dupont leads a star-studded Toulouse side against the Sharks, who are without Eben Etzebeth, Aphelele Fassi and Andre Esterhuizen for the Durban clash.

Check out all of the Champions Cup team news, here.

Friday

Glasgow Warriors v Racing 92

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Seb Cancelliere, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Kyle Steyn (c), 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Mann, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Ally Miller, 21 Euan Ferrie, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Duncan Weir

Racing 92: 15 Max Spring, 14 Vinaya Habosi, 13 Tristan Tedder, 12 Henry Chavancy, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Antoine Gibert, 9 Clovis le Bail, 8 Maxime Baudonne, 7 Ibrahim Diallo (c), 6 Noa Zinzen, 5 Junior Kpoku, 4 Boris Palu, 3 Lucio Sordoni, 2 Feleti Kaitu’u, 1 Lino Julien
Replacements: 16 Diego Escobar, 17 Eddy Ben Arous, 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Hacjivah Dayimani, 21 Kleo Labarbe, 22 Dan Lancaster, 23 Dylan Idrissi

Venue: Scotstoun Stadium
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Jackson (Eng), John Meredith (Eng)
TMO: Jack Makepeace (Eng)

Saturday

Stormers v Sale Sharks

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Jonathan Roche, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Dave Ewers, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Sti Sithole,
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Evan Roos, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Luke James, 12 Sam Bedlow, 11 Arron Reed, 10 Robert du Preez (c), 9 Gus Warr, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Jean-Luc du Preez, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Willgriff John, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 James Harper, 19 Josh Beaumont, 20 Ben Bamber, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Rekeiti Maasi-White, 23 Ben Curry

Venue: DHL Stadium
Kick-off: 15:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Evan Urruzmendi (Fra), Vincent Blasco Baque (Fra)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (Fra)

Exeter Chiefs v Bordeaux-Bègles

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Tommy Wyatt, 14 Ben Hammersley, 13 Zack Wimbush, 12 Tamati Tua, 11 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 10 Henry Slade, 9 Stu Townsend, 8 Greg Fisilau, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Franco Molina, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Dan Frost, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Max Norey, 17 Will Goodrick-Clarke, 18 Jimmy Roots, 19 Rusi Tuima, 20 Christ Tshiunza, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Will Rigg

Bordeaux-Bègles: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Yoram Moefana, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Pablo Uberti, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Maxime Lucu, 8 Tevita Tatafu, 7 Temo Matiu, 6 Lachie Swinton, 5 Cyril Cazeaux, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Carlü Sadie, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Ugo Boniface
Replacements: 16 Romain Latterrade, 17 Jefferson Poirot, 18 Toma Taufa, 19 Alexandre Ricard, 20 Marko Gazzotti, 21 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 22 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 23 Yann Lesgourgues

Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wal)
Assistant Referees: Adam Jones (Wal), Gareth Newman (Wal)
TMO: Aled Griffiths (Wal)

Sharks v Toulouse

Sharks: 15 Hakeem Kunene, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Ethan Hooker, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Siya Kolisi (c), 7 Manu Tshituka, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Corne Rahl, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Dylan Richardson, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Lappies Labuschagne, 20 Vincent Tshituka, 21 Nick Hatton, 22 Bradley Davids, 23 Jurenzo Julius

Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Blair Kinghorn, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Jack Willis, 7 Anthony Jelonch, 6 François Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Rodrigue Neti
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Joel Merkler, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Leo Banos, 21 Paul Graou, 22 Juan Cruz Mallia, 23 Ange Capuozzo

Venue: Hollywoodbets Kings Park
Kick-off: 17:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Adam Leal (Eng), Hamish Grant (Eng)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (Eng)

Munster v Saracens

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 Alex Kendellen, 6 Jack O’Donoghue, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Fineen Wycherley, 3 Oli Jager, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dian Bleuler
Replacements: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 John Ryan, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Tom Ahern, 20 John Hodnett, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Brian Gleeson

Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Lucio Cinti, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Harry Wilson, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Jamie George, 1 Phil Brantingham
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Max Eke, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Olly Hartley, 23 Tobias Elliott

Venue: Thomond Park
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Pierre Brousset (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Vivien Praderie (Fra), Pierre Bru (Fra)
TMO: Tual Trainini (Fra)

Stade Francais v Northampton Saints

Stade Francais: 15 Joe Jonas, 14 Peniasi Dakuwaqa, 13 Samuel Ezeala, 12 Julien Delbouis, 11 Lester Etien, 10 Zack Henry, 9 Louis Foursans-Bourdette, 8 Yoan Tanga, 7 Romain Briatte, 6 Tanginoa Halaifonua, 5 JJ van der Mescht, 4 Paul Gabrillagues (c), 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Moses Alo-Emile
Replacements: 16 Alvaro Garcia Albo, 17 Isaac Koffi, 18 Hugo N’Diaye, 19 Sekou Macalou, 20 Baptiste Pesenti, 21 Brad Weber, 22 Louis Carbonel, 23 Joe Marchant

Northampton Saints: 15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Tom Litchfield, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tom Seabrook, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Angus Scott-Young, 6 Josh Kemeny (c), 5 Tom Lockett, 4 Ed Prowse, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Henry Walker, 1 Tarek Haffar
Replacements: 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Tom West, 18 Luke Green, 19 Callum Hunter-Hill, 20 Fyn Brown, 21 Tom Pearson, 22 Archie McParland, 23 Charlie Savala

Venue: Stade Jean-Bouin
Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ire)
Assistant Referees: Keane Davison (Ire), Paul Haycock (Ire)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ire)

Leicester Tigers v Ulster

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Izaia Perese, 12 Solomone Kata, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Finn Carnduff, 5 Jed Holloway, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Joe Woodward

Ulster: 15 Ethan Mcilroy, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Ben Carson, 12 Jude Postlethwaite, 11 Zac Ward, 10 Aidan Morgan, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 Dave McCann, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 James McNabney, 5 Cormac Izuchukwu, 4 Iain Henderson (c), 3 Scott Wilson, 2 John Andrew, 1 Andrew Warwick
Replacements: 16 James McCormick, 17 Eric O’Sullivan, 18 Corrie Barrett, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Harry Sheridan, 21 John Cooney, 22 Jack Murphy, 23 Rory Telfer

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Craig Evans (Wal)
Assistant Referees: Ben Connor (Wal), Rhys Jones (Wal)
TMO: Keith David (Wal)

Castres v Bulls

Castres: 15 Julien Dumora, 14 Geoffrey Palis, 13 Vilimoni Botitu, 12 Jack Goodhue, 11 Rémy Baget, 10 Pierre Popelin, 9 Jeremy Fernandez, 8 Abraham Papalii, 7 Tyler Ardron, 6 Mathieu Babillot (c), 5 Florent Vanverberghe, 4 Guillaume Ducat, 3 Levan Chilachava, 2 Gaetan Barlot, 1 Antoine Tichit
Replacements: 16 Pierre Colonna, 17 Lois Guerois-Galisson, 18 Nicolas Corato, 19 Leone Nakarawa, 20 Simon Meka, 21 Santiago Arata, 22 Theo Chabouni, 23 Adrien Seguret

Bulls: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Sibongile Novuka, 13 Katlego Letebele, 12 Chris Barend Smit, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Bernard van der Linde, 8 Nizaam Carr (c), 7 Mpilo Gumede, 6 Nama Xaba, 5 Sintu Manjezi, 4 JF van Heerden, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 1 Alulutho Tshakweni
Replacements: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Sebastian Lombard, 19 Deon Slabbert, 20 Corne Beets, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Jaco van der Walt, 23 Cornel Smit

Venue: Stade Pierre-Fabre
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales (Eng), Jamie Leahy (Eng)
TMO: David Rose (Eng)

Sunday

Toulon v Harlequins

Toulon: 15 Marius Domon, 14 Gaël Drean, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Jérémy Sinzelle, 11 Jiuta Wainiqolo, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Esteban Abadie, 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 David Ribbans (c), 4 Matthias Halagahu, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Dany Priso
Replacements: 16 Mickael Ivaldi, 17 Daniel Brennan, 18 Emerick Setiano, 19 Brian Alainu’uese, 20 Swan Rebbadj, 21 Jules Coulon, 22 Ben White, 23 Dan Biggar

Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Nick David, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Jack Kenningham, 6 James Chisholm, 5 George Hammond, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Simon Kerrod, 19 Chandler Cunningham-South, 20 Will Evans, 21 Danny Care, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Ben Waghorn

Venue: Stade Felix Mayol
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire)
Assistant Referees: Robbie Jenkinson (Ire), Padraic Reidy (Ire)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ire)

La Rochelle v Leinster

La Rochelle: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 UJ Seuteni, 12 Jules Favre, 11 Dillyn Leyds, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Grégory Alldritt (c), 7 Oscar Jegou, 6 Paul Boudehent, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Thomas Lavault, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Quentin Lespiaucq, 1 Reda Wardi
Replacements: 16 Nikoloz Sutidze, 17 Alexandre Kaddouri, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Ultan Dillane, 20 Levani Botia, 21 Judicael Cancoriet, 22 Matthias Haddad, 23 Hoani Bosmorin

Leinster: 15 Jamie Osborne, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Jimmy O’Brien, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Ryan Baird, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Jordie Barrett

Venue: Stade Marcel Deflandre
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Geo)
Assistant Referees: Sam Grove-White (Sco), Ian Tempest (Eng)
TMO: Matthew Carley (Eng)

Bristol Bears v Benetton

Bristol Bears: 15 Benjamin Elizalde, 14 Jack Bates, 13 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 12 James Williams, 11 Noah Heward, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Bill Mata, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Joe Owen, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Yann Thomas
Replacements: 16 Gabriel Oghre, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 George Kloska, 19 Steele Barker, 20 Steven Luatua, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 23 Rich Lane

Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Matt Gallagher, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Nacho Brex, 11 Onisi Ratave, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Michele Lamaro (c), 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Giosue Zilocchi, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Simone Ferrari, 18 Enzo Avaca, 19 Eli Snyman, 20 Riccardo Favretto, 21 Alessandro Izekor, 22 Alessandro Garbisi, 23 Leonardo Marin

Venue: Ashton Gate
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Luc Ramos (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Thomas Charabas (Fra), Jonathan Gasnier (Fra)
TMO: Julien Castaignede (Fra)

Bath v Clermont

Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Miles Reid, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Ethan Staddon

Clermont: 15 Alex Newsome, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Pierre Fouyssac, 12 Irae Simone, 11 Lucas Tauzin, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Fritz Lee (c), 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Killian Tixeront, 5 Peceli Yato, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Regis Montagne, 2 Folau Fainga’a, 1 Giorgi Akhaladze
Replacements: 16 Etienne Fourcade, 17 Sacha Lotrian, 18 Michael Ala’alatoa, 19 Thomas Ceyte, 20 Oskar Rixen, 21 Sebastien Bezy, 22 Theo Giral, 23 Alivereti Raka

Venue: Recreation Ground
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Chris Busby (Ire)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Cole (Ire), Andrew Fogarty (Ire)
TMO: Mark Patton (Ire)

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