Champions Cup teams: Owen Farrell, George Ford and Peter O’Mahony among returnees as Ireland star displaced by Jordie Barrett
Munster back-row Peter O'Mahony and Racing 92 fly-half Owen Farrell.
The final round of pool games in the Investec Champions Cup take place over the weekend as the large majority of teams battle out for places in the Round of 16.
Pool 1 strugglers Ulster take on Exeter Chiefs in the opening game of the round before there’s seven matches on Saturday and a further four on Sunday afternoon to enjoy.
Owen Farrell, Peter O’Mahony and George Ford are just three players returning to action from injury this weekend for Racing 92, Munster and Sale Sharks respectively.
Check on all the Champions Cup team news, below.
Friday
Ulster v Exeter Chiefs
Ulster: 15 Stewart Moore, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Ben Carson, 12 Jude Postlethwaite, 11 Mike Lowry, 10 Jack Murphy, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 Dave McCann, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 James McNabney, 5 Cormac Izuchukwu, 4 Iain Henderson (c), 3 Scott Wilson, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Eric O’Sullivan
Replacements: 16 Tom Stewart, 17 Callum Reid, 18 Corrie Barrett, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Harry Sheridan, 21 John Cooney, 22 Jake Flannery, 23 Rob Lyttle
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Harvey Skinner, 14 Ben Hammersley, 13 Joe Hawkins, 12 Will Rigg, 11 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 10 Will Haydon-Wood, 9 Niall Armstrong, 8 Ross Vintcent, 7 Richard Capstick, 6 Martin Moloney, 5 Christ Tshiunza, 4 Rus Tuima, 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Jack Innard (c), 1 Will Goodrick-Clarke
Replacements: 16 Max Norey, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Jimmy Roots, 19 Jack Dunne, 20 Lewis Pearson, 21 Joe Bailey, 22 Tom Cairns, 23 Zack Wimbush
Venue: Kingspan Stadium
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Sco)
Assistant Referees: Rob McDowell (Sco), Ruairidh Campbell (Sco)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Sco)
Saturday
Bulls v Stade Francais
Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sergeal Petersen, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw (c), 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johann Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Boeta Chamberlain, 23 Canan Moodie
Stade Francais: 15 Joe Jonas, 14 Raffaele Storti, 13 Leo Monin, 12 Julien Delbouis, 11 Charles Laloi, 10 Louis Carbonel, 9 Thibaut Motassi, 8 Yoan Tanga, 7 Sekou Macalou (c), 6 Pierre Huguet, 5 Baptiste Pesenti, 4 Juan-Martin Scelzo, 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Alvaro Garcia Albo, 1 Isaac Koffi
Replacements: 16 Luka Petriashvili, 17 Hugo N’Diaye, 18 Braxton Asi, 19 Ollie McCrea, 20 Andy Timo, 21 Mamoudou Meite, 22 Louis Foursans-Bourdette, 23 Mathis Ibo
Venue: Loftus Versfeld
Kick-off: 15:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Adam Leal (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce (Eng), Hamish Grant (Eng)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (Eng)
Clermont v Bristol Bears
Clermont: 15 Alex Newsome, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Mathys Belaubre, 12 Irae Simone, 11 Alivereti Raka, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Fritz Lee (c), 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Killian Tixeront, 5 Peceli Yato, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Folau Fainga’a, 1 Sacha Lotrian
Replacements: 16 Barnabe Massa, 17 Etienne Falgoux, 18 Cristian Ojovan, 19 Thomas Ceyte, 20 Alexandre Fischer, 21 Sebastien Bezy, 22 Ben Urdapilleta, 23 Lucas Tauzin
Bristol Bears: 15 Rich Lane, 14 Noah Heward, 13 Joe Jenkins, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Deago Bailey, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Fitz Harding (c), 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Joe Owen, 4 James Dun, 3 George Kloska, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Steele Barker, 20 Bill Mata, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 23 Benjamin Elizalde
Venue: Stade Marcel-Michelin
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Sco)
Assistant Referees: Dave Sutherland (Sco), Finlay Brown (Sco)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Sco)
Northampton Saints v Munster
Northampton Saints: 15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Fraser Dingwall (c), 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tom Seabrook, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 Tom Lockett, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Tarek Haffar
Replacements: 16 Henry Walker, 17 Tom West, 18 Luke Green, 19 Callum Hunter-Hill, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Tom James, 23 Tom Litchfield
Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Diarmuid Kilgallen, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 Alex Kendellen, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Fineen Wycherley, 3 Oli Jager, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Dian Bleuler
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 John Ryan, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Tom Ahern, 20 Jack O’Donoghue, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Tony Butler, 23 Brian Gleeson
Venue: cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Geo)
Assistant Referees: Saba Abulashvili (Geo), Shota Tevzadze (Geo)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SA)
Benetton v La Rochelle
Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Tommaso Menoncello, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Matt Gallagher, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Alessandro Garbisi, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Eli Snyman (c), 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Giosue Zilocchi, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Sebastian Negri, 21 Michele Lamaro, 22 Andy Uren, 23 Leonardo Marin
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 Alexandre Kaddouri
Replacements: 16 Nikoloz Sutidze, 17 Thierry Paiva, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Ultan Dillane, 20 Levani Botia, 21 Matthias Haddad, 22 Hoani Bosmorin, 23 Hugo Reus
Venue: Stadio Monigo
Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales (Eng), Simon Harding (Eng)
TMO: Ian Tempest (Eng)
Leinster v Bath
Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Garry Ringrose, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Jamie Osborne, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Tom Clarkson, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Caelan Doris, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Jimmy O’Brien
Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Miles Reid, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Niall Annett, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Jaco Coetzee
Venue: Aviva Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Luc Ramos (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Thomas Charabas (Fra), Jonathan Gasnier (Fra)
TMO: Julien Castaignede (Fra)
Harlequins v Glasgow Warriors
Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Nick David, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Ben Waghorn, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Jack Kenningham, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 James Chisholm, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Simon Kerrod, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Tom Lawday, 21 Will Evans, 22 Danny Care, 23 Jarrod Evans
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Seb Cancelliere, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Stafford McDowall (c), 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 Jamie Dobie, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Euan Ferrie, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Duncan Weir
Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Pierre Brousset (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Kevin Bralley (Fra), Vivien Praderie (Fra)
TMO: Tual Trainini (Fra)
Racing 92 v Stormers
Racing 92: 15 Tristan Tedder, 14 Vinaya Habosi, 13 Josua Tuisova, 12 Dan Lancaster, 11 Max Spring, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Nolann le Garrec, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Maxime Baudonne, 6 Ibrahim Diallo (c), 5 Romain Taofifenua, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Thomas Laclayat, 2 Feleti Kaitu’u, 1 Hassane Kolingar
Replacements: 16 Diego Escobar, 17 Guram Gogichashvili, 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 19 Boris Palu, 20 Jordan Joseph, 21 Cameron Woki, 22 Antoine Gibert, 23 Henry Chavancy
Stormers: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Jonathan Roche, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Sti Sithole
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Dave Ewers, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis
Venue: Paris La Defense Arena
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (Eng), John Meredith (Eng)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (Eng)
Sunday
Bordeaux-Begles v Sharks
Bordeaux-Begles: 15 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Arthur Retiere, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Maxime Lucu (c), 8 Tevita Tatafu, 7 Temo Matiu, 6 Marko Gazzotti, 5 Alexandre Ricard, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Carlü Sadie, 2 Connor Sa, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Maxime Lamothe, 17 Ugo Boniface, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Jacques Nguimbous, 20 Lachie Swinton, 21 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 23 Joey Carbery
Sharks: 15 Yaw Penxe, 14 Eduan Keyter, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Siya Masuku, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Siya Kolisi (c), 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Corne Rahl, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 Ethan Bester, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Jeandre Labuschagne, 20 Dylan Richardson, 21 Bradley Davids, 22 Jaden Hendrikse, 23 Hakeem Kunene
Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Joe James (Eng), Jamie Leahy (Eng)
TMO: Dean Richards (Eng)
Saracens v Castres
Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 Theo Dan, 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Phil Brantingham, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Nathan Michelow, 20 Toby Knight, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Olly Hartley, 23 Angus Hall
Castres: 15 Theo Chabouni, 14 Nathanael Hulleu, 13 Adrien Seguret (c), 12 Andrea Cocagi, 11 Josaia Raisuqe, 10 Louis le Brun, 9 Gauthier Doubrere, 8 Feibyan Tukino, 7 Simon Meka, 6 Izzy Moore-Aiono, 5 Paul Jedrasiak, 4 Gauthier Maravat, 3 Nicolas Corato, 2 Pierre Colonna, 1 Lois Guerois-Galisson
Replacements: 16 Loris Zarantonello, 17 Wayan de Benedittis, 18 Aurelien Azar, 19 Romain Macurdy, 20 Yann Peysson, 21 Santiago Arata, 22 Joris Dupont, 23 Antoine Zeghdar
Venue: StoneX Stadium
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Ita)
Assistant Referees: Clara Munarini (Ita), Lauren Jenner (Ita)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Ita)
Toulouse v Leicester Tigers
Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Ange Capuozzo, 13 Dimitri Delibes, 12 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 11 Blair Kinghorn, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Jack Willis, 6 François Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Rodrigue Neti
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Joel Merkler, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Leo Banos, 21 Paul Graou, 22 Matthis Lebel, 23 Juan Cruz Mallia
Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Izaia Perese, 12 Dan Kelly, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Ollie Chessum, 5 George Martin, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Tom Whiteley, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Solomone Kata
Venue: Stade Ernest Wallon
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wal)
Assistant Referees: Adam Jones (Wal), Ben Connor (Wal)
TMO: Aled Griffiths (Wal)
Sale Sharks v Toulon
Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Robert du Preez, 12 Rekeiti Maasi-White, 11 Tom O’Flaherty, 10 George Ford, 9 Raffi Quirke, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 Tom Curry, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Jean-Luc du Preez, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Ethan Caine, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 Willgriff John, 19 Ben Bamber, 20 Ernst van Rhyn, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Sam Bedlow, 23 Arron Reed
Toulon: 15 Rayan Rebbadj, 14 Jiuta Wainiqolo, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Jérémy Sinzelle, 11 Gabin Villiere, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Ben White, 8 Selevasio Tolofua, 7 Jules Coulon, 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 Swan Rebbadj, 4 Matthias Halagahu (c), 3 Emerick Setiano, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Mickael Ivaldi, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Davit Mchedlidze, 19 David Ribbans, 20 Yannick Youyoutte, 21 Esteban Abadie, 22 Baptiste Serin, 23 Paolo Garbisi
Venue: Salford Community Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Ita)
Assistant Referees: Franco Rosella (Ita), Alex Frasson (Ita)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (Ita)
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