Investec Champions Cup round four: Predictions, teams, kick-off times, how to watch and referee appointments
Harry Byrne and Louis Rees-Zammit start for Leinster and Bristol Bears respectively.
It’s the final round of the Investec Champions Cup pool stage, and there’s plenty to play for with two games on Friday, six on Saturday and four on Sunday.
Here’s all the team news, our predictions, kick-off times, match officials and how to watch the action as we prepare to find out who is making the Round of 16.
Friday
Bath v Edinburgh
Prediction: Bath by 23
Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Guy Pepper, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Ted Hill, 20 Miles Reid, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Santi Carreras, 23 Cameron Redpath
Edinburgh: 15 Harry Paterson, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 James Lang, 11 Malelili Satala, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ben Vellacott (c), 8 Ben Muncaster, 7 Freddy Douglas, 6 Tom Dodd, 5 Glen Young, 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 James Whitcombe
Replacements: 16 Harri Morris, 17 Mikey Jones, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Euan McVie, 20 Connor Boyle, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Jack Brown
Venue: Recreation Ground
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Ita)
Assistant Referees: Franco Rosella (Ita), Luca Bisetto (Ita)
TMO: Tual Trainini (Fra)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Pau v Bulls
Prediction: Pau by 6
Pau: 15 Jack Maddocks, 14 Theo Attissogbe, 13 Nathan Decron, 12 Quentin Valentino, 11 Aaron Grandidier Nkanang, 10 Clément Mondinat, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Carwyn Tuipulotu, 7 Loic Credoz, 6 Luke Whitelock (c), 5 Jimi Maximin, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Guram Papidze, 2 Lucas Rey, 1 Daniel Bibi Biziwu
Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Remi Seneca, 18 Thomas Laclayat, 19 Thomas Jolmes, 20 Remi Picquette, 21 Facundo Isa, 22 Thomas Souverbie, 23 Fabien Brau-Boirie
Bulls: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheswill Jooste, 13 Sebastian de Klerk, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Mpilo Gumede, 6 Marcell Coetzee (c), 5 Reinhardt Ludwig, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels
Replacements: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Ruan Nortje, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 David Kriel, 23 Jeandre Rudolph
Venue: Stade du Hameau
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Karl Dickson (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Craig Evans (Wal), George Selwood (Eng)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Sco)
How to watch: beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / Premier Sports / FloRugby
Saturday
Sharks v Clermont
Prediction: Sharks by 22
Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Le-Roux Malan, 12 Jurenzo Julius, 11 Phiko Sobahle, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Nick Hatton (c), 7 Manu Tshituka, 6 Matt Romao, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Corne Rahl, 3 Hanro Jacobs, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Eddie Swart, 17 Phatu Ganyane, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Emile van Heerden, 20 Phepsi Buthelezi, 21 Ross Braude, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Hakeem Kunene
Clermont: 15 Kylan Hamdaoui, 14 Yerim Fall, 13 Timeo Frier, 12 Alifereti Loaloa, 11 Joris Jurand, 10 Irae Simone, 9 Lucas Zamora, 8 Anthime Hemery, 7 Lucas Dessaigne, 6 Killian Tixeront (c), 5 Leo Michaux Vargas, 4 Thibaud Lanen, 3 Cristian Ojovan, 2 Etienne Fourcade, 1 Matheo Frisach
Replacements: 16 Seilala Lam, 17 Giga Tutisani, 18 Giorgi Dzmanashvili, 19 Baptiste Veschambre, 20 Pio Muarua, 21 Niek Doornenbal, 22 Tom Raffy, 23 Axel Guillaud
Venue: Hollywoodbets Kings Park
Kick-off: 15:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Anthony Woodthorpe (Eng), Richard Gordon (Eng)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (Eng)
How to watch: SuperSport / beIN SPORTS / Premier Sports / FloRugby
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Bayonne v Leinster
Prediction: Leinster by 18
Bayonne: 15 Cheikh Tiberghien, 14 Tom Spring, 13 Sireli Maqala, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Yohan Orabe, 10 Joris Segonds, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Nika Lomidze, 7 Arthur Iturria (c), 6 Alexandre Fischer, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Ewan Johnson, 3 Junior Tagi, 2 Lucas Martin, 1 Ignacio Calles
Replacements: 16 Facundo Bosch, 17 Emosi Tumania, 18 Emerick Setiano, 19 Alvaro Garcia Iandolino, 20 Baptiste Heguy, 21 Manex Ariceta, 22 Guillaume Martocq, 23 Victor Hannoun
Leinster: 15 Jimmy O’Brien, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Joshua Kenny, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Jack Boyle
Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Jerry Cahir, 18 Tom Clarkson, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Scott Penny, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Sam Prendergast, 23 Rieko Ioane
Venue: Stade Jean Dauger
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Joe James (Eng), Jonathan Healy (Eng)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (Eng)
How to watch: beIN SPORTS / France TV / Premier Sports / SuperSport / FloRugby
Stormers v Leicester Tigers
Prediction: Stormers by 12
Stormers: 15 Wandisile Simelane, 14 Dylan Maart, 13 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 12 Jonathan Roche, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (c), 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 JD Schickerling, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 JJ Kotzé, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Imad Khan, 22 Luke Burger, 23 JC Mars
Leicester Tigers: 15 George Pearson, 14 Gabe Hamer-Webb, 13 Will Wand, 12 Joe Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Tom Whiteley, 8 Olly Cracknell (c), 7 Sam Williams, 6 Joaquin Moro, 5 Harry Wells, 4 James Thompson, 3 Will Hurd, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Tareq Haffar
Replacements: 16 Finn Theobald-Thomas, 17 Archie van der Flier, 18 Ale Loman, 19 Tom Manz, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ollie Allan, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Ryan Crowley
Venue: DHL Stadium
Kick-off: 17:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Jeremy Rozier (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Pierre Brousset (Fra), Benjamin Hernandez (Fra)
TMO: Denis Grenouillet (Fra)
How to watch: SuperSport / Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / FloRugby
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Munster v Castres
Prediction: Munster by 17
Munster: 15 Shane Daly, 14 Thaakir Abrahams, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Ben O’Connor, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 Jack O’Donoghue, 6 Tadhg Beirne (c), 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Oli Jager, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Brian Gleeson, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Dan Kelly
Castres: 15 Theo Chabouni, 14 Christian Ambadiang, 13 Vuate Karawalevu, 12 Jack Goodhue, 11 Geoffrey Palis, 10 Pierre Popelin, 9 Jeremy Fernandez, 8 Florent Vanverberghe, 7 Baptiste Cope, 6 Baptiste Delaporte (c), 5 Tom Staniforth, 4 Gauthier Maravat, 3 Will Collier, 2 Loris Zarantonello, 1 Atunaisa Sokobale
Replacements: 16 Teddy Durand-Pradere, 17 Antoine Tichit, 18 Aurelien Azar, 19 Leone Nakarawa, 20 Tyler Ardron, 21 Santiago Arata, 22 Enzo Herve, 23 Atu Manu
Venue: Thomond Park
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Hollie Davidson (Sco), Sam Grove-White (Sco)
TMO: David Rose (Eng)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Toulouse v Sale Sharks
Prediction: Toulouse by 42
Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Dimitri Delibes, 13 Kalvin Gourgues, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Blair Kinghorn, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Jack Willis, 6 Leo Banos, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Paul Mallez, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Alexandre Roumat, 21 François Cros, 22 Paul Graou, 23 Teddy Thomas
Sale Sharks: 15 Ollie Davies, 14 Obi Ene, 13 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 12 Marius Louw (c), 11 Alex Wills, 10 Tom Curtis, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Sam Dugdale, 7 Tristan Woodman, 6 Jos Gilmore, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Tom Burrow, 3 James Harper, 2 Nathan Jibulu, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Ethan Caine, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 Patreece Bell, 19 Patrick Hogg, 20 Reuben Logan, 21 Dom Hanson, 22 Joe Bedlow, 23 Regan Grace
Venue: Stade Ernest Wallon
Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire)
Assistant Referees: Peter Martin (Ire), Padraic Reidy (Ire)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ire)
How to watch: beIN SPORTS / Premier Sports / SuperSport / FloRugby
Gloucester v Toulon
Prediction: Toulon by 3
Gloucester: 15 George Barton, 14 Josh Hathaway, 13 Will Butler, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Jack Cotgreave, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Tomos Williams (c), 8 Jack Clement, 7 Lewis Ludlow, 6 Will Trenholm, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Danny Eite, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Will Crane, 1 Dian Bleuler
Replacements: 16 George Knowles, 17 Val Rapava Ruskin, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Deian Gwynne, 20 James Venter, 21 Mike Austin, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Jake Morris
Toulon: 15 Marius Domon, 14 Gaël Drean, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Oliver Cowie, 11 Mathis Ferte, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Ben White, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Charles Ollivon (c), 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 Brian Alainu’uese, 4 David Ribbans (c), 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Jeremy Toevalu, 17 Leo Ametlla, 18 Dany Priso, 19 Giorgi Javakhia, 20 Esteban Abadie, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Matéo Garcia, 23 Jérémy Sinzelle
Venue: Kingsholm
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ire)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Cole (Ire), Keane Davison (Ire)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ire)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Sunday
Bristol Bears v Bordeaux-Begles
Prediction: Bordeaux-Begles by 8
Bristol Bears: 15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Noah Heward, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Bill Mata, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 George Kloska, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Jimmy Halliwell, 19 Joe Owen, 20 Benjamin Grondona, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Sam Worsley, 23 Matias Moroni
Bordeaux-Begles: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Martin Page-Relo, 8 Temo Matiu, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Jean-Luc du Preez, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Boris Palu, 3 Carlü Sadie, 2 Maxime Lamothe (c), 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Connor Sa, 17 Ugo Boniface, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Cyril Cazeaux, 20 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 21 Joey Carbery, 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 23 Salesi Rayasi
Venue: Ashton Gate
Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Geo)
Assistant Referees: Shota Tevzadze (Geo), Andrew Cole (Ire)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wal)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
La Rochelle v Harlequins
Prediction: La Rochelle by 18
La Rochelle: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Davit Niniashvili, 13 UJ Seuteni, 12 Simeli Daunivucu, 11 Nathan Bollengier, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Thomas Berjon, 8 Judicael Cancoriet, 7 Levani Botia, 6 Oscar Jegou, 5 Paul Boudehent, 4 Charles Kante Samba, 3 Uini Atonio (c), 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Alexandre Kaddouri
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Aleksandre Kuntelia, 20 Grégory Alldritt, 21 Kirill Fraindt, 22 Jules Favre, 23 Jack Nowell
Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Nick David, 13 Luke Northmore, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Lucas Friday, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Jack Kenningham, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 Guido Petti, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Pedro Delgado, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Simon Kerrod
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Will Hobson, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Zach Carr, 21 Tom Lawday, 22 Max Green, 23 Jarrod Evans
Venue: Stade Marcel Deflandre
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Ita)
Assistant Referees: Clara Munarini (Ita), Alberto Favaro (Ita)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Ita)
How to watch: France TV / beIN SPORTS / Premier Sports / SuperSport / FloRugby
Northampton Saints v Scarlets
Prediction: Northampton Saints by 28
Northampton Saints: 15 James Ramm, 14 Edoardo Todaro, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Fraser Dingwall (c), 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Sam Graham, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 JJ van der Mescht, 4 Chunya Munga, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Robbie Smith, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Craig Wright, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Tom Lockett, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Archie McParland, 22 James Pater, 23 George Hendy
Scarlets: 15 Jac Davies, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Blair Murray, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Archie Hughes, 8 Fletcher Anderson, 7 Josh Macleod (c), 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Jake Ball, 4 Max Douglas, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Harri O’Connor, 19 Jarrod Taylor, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Macs Page, 23 Tomi Lewis
Venue: cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Kevin Bralley (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Vincent Blasco Baque (Fra), Flavien Hourquet (Fra)
TMO: Julien Castaignede (Fra)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Glasgow Warriors v Saracens
Prediction: Glasgow Warriors by 3
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Kyle Steyn (c), 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Patrick Schickerling
Replacements: 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Max Williamson, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Euan Ferrie, 22 Stafford McDowall, 23 Ben Afshar
Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Max Malins, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jamie George, 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 James Hadfield, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 20 Tom Willis, 21 Charlie Bracken, 22 Olly Hartley, 23 Noah Caluori
Venue: Scotstoun Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Luc Ramos (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Thomas Charabas (Fra), Jonathan Gasnier (Fra)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (Fra)
How to watch: Premier Sports / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
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