Champions Cup teams: Six Nations superstar returns to face Munster while Toulouse missing box office threat
Bordeaux-Begles wing Louis Bielle-Biarrey returns against Munster.
It’s quarter-final time in the Investec Champions Cup and blockbuster matches are set to take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as teams battle to make the last four.
Leinster v Glasgow Warriors kicks off the weekend on Friday evening before Bordeaux-Begles host Munster and Northampton Saints meet Castres in Saturday’s two fixtures.
Then on Sunday all eyes will be on Stade Felix Mayol for an all-French showdown between Toulon and defending champions Toulouse in what should be a titanic meeting.
In team news, Louis Bielle-Biarrey is back for Bordeaux-Begles, while Munster have Alex Nankivell available to them. Elsewhere, Toulouse star Ange Capuozzo is out injured.
See below for the Champions Cup teams in full.
Friday
Leinster v Glasgow Warriors
Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Diarmuid Mangan, 20 Caelan Doris, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Robbie Henshaw
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Jamie Dobie, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Tom Jordan, 11 Kyle Steyn (c), 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Sione Vailanu, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Alex Samuel, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Sam Talakai, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Grant Stewart, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Patrick Schickerling, 19 JP du Preez, 20 Max Williamson, 21 Euan Ferrie, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Sebastian Cancelliere
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 20:00 local (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant referees: Anthony Woodthorpe (England), Adam Leal (England)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (England)
Saturday
Bordeaux-Begles v Munster
Bordeaux-Begles: 15 Jon Echegaray, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Yoram Moefana, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Maxime Lucu (c), 8 Pete Samu, 7 Guido Petti, 6 Mahamadou Diaby, 5 Cyril Cazeaux, 4 Adam Coleman, 3 Ben Tameifuna, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Connor Sa, 17 Matis Perchaud, 18 Sipili Falatea, 19 Pierre Bochaton, 20 Marko Gazzotti, 21 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 22 Yann Lesgourgues, 23 Pablo Uberti
Munster: 15 Thaakir Abrahams, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 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 Josh Wycherley
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 Mark Donnelly, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Tom Ahern, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Seán O’Brien, 23 Alex Kendellen
Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant Referees: Ben Whitehouse (Wales), Ben Breakspear (Wales)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
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Northampton Saints v Castres
Northampton Saints: 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 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Tom Lockett, 20 Tom Pearson, 21 Tom James, 22 Rory Hutchinson, 23 George Furbank
Castres: 15 Theo Chabouni, 14 Geoffrey Palis, 13 Vilimoni Botitu, 12 Jack Goodhue, 11 Rémy Baget, 10 Louis le Brun, 9 Jeremy Fernandez, 8 Abraham Papalii, 7 Baptiste Delaporte, 6 Mathieu Babillot, 5 Leone Nakarawa, 4 Gauthier Maravat, 3 Will Collier, 2 Gaetan Barlot, 1 Quentin Walker
Replacements: 16 Loris Zarantonello, 17 Lois Guerois-Galisson, 18 Aurelien Azar, 19 Simon Meka, 20 Romain Macurdy, 21 Baptiste Cope, 22 Santiago Arata, 23 Julien Dumora
Venue: cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 BST, 16:30 GMT)
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant Referees: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy), Morne Ferreira (South Africa)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (Italy)
Sunday
Toulon v Toulouse
Toulon: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Gaël Drean, 13 Leicester Fainga’anuku, 12 Jérémy Sinzelle, 11 Gabin Villiere, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Esteban Abadie, 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 Brian Alainu’uese, 4 David Ribbans (c), 3 Beka Gigashvili, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Dany Priso
Replacements: 16 Mickael Ivaldi, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Emerick Setiano, 19 Swan Rebbadj, 20 Matteo le Corvec, 21 Ben White, 22 Marius Domon, 23 Selevasio Tolofua
Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Juan Cruz Mallia, 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 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Joel Merkler, 19 Clement Verge, 20 Anthony Jelonch, 21 Naoto Saito, 22 Paul Costes, 23 Matthis Lebel
Venue: Stade Felix Mayol
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT)
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (England), Hamish Smales (England)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (England)
