Dates, times and TV stations confirmed for Leinster and Munster Champions Cup quarter finals

Patrick McCarry

What a bloody weekend this will be!

The EPCR has, this afternoon, confirmed the dates, times, venues and TV stations for all of their Champions and Challenge Cup games.

Three Irish provinces are all in action on the Easter weekend, with Connacht kicking off the fun with a home tie against Gloucester [Champions Cup]. That game will be followed by Munster taking on Toulon at Thomond Park from 3:30pm.

Easter Sunday then has Leinster hosting Saracens at the Aviva Stadium. If Leinster win – and Scarlets overcome La Rochelle – they will host the Welsh side at the same venue, three weeks later. A La Rochelle win takes them to France.

Here are all the match details:

CHAMPIONS CUP

Friday 30 March
QF 2: Scarlets v La Rochelle, Parc y Scarlets (17.30) BT Sport / beIN SPORTS

Saturday 31 March
QF 3: Munster Rugby v RC Toulon, Thomond Park (15.15) Sky Sports / FR 2 / beIN SPORTS

Sunday 1 April
QF 4: ASM Clermont Auvergne v Racing 92, Stade Marcel-Michelin (14.00 local time) beIN SPORTS / Sky Sports
QF 1: Leinster Rugby v Saracens, Aviva Stadium (15.30) BT Sport / beIN SPORTS

Semi-final 1 – winner of QF 1: Leinster Rugby v Saracens will play the winner of QF 2: Scarlets v La Rochelle
Semi-final 2 – winner of QF 3: Munster Rugby v RC Toulon will play the winner of QF 4: ASM Clermont Auvergne v Racing 92
(Matches to be played on 21/22 April)

Champions Cup final: Saturday 12 May; San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao (17.45)

Kieran Keane’s Connacht have Premiership outfit Gloucester in Galway and will face the winners of Newcastle vs. Brive at The Sportsground if they comes through that.

CHALLENGE CUP

Friday 30 March
QF 1: Pau v Stade Francais Paris, Stade du Hameau (21.00) FR 4 / beIN SPORTS / BT Sport
QF 4: Newcastle Falcons v Brive, Kingston Park (20.00) Sky Sports / beIN SPORTS

Saturday 31 March
QF 3: Connacht Rugby v Gloucester Rugby, The Sportsground (13.00) BT Sport / beIN SPORTS
QF 2: Edinburgh Rugby v Cardiff Blues, BT Murrayfield (17.45) Sky Sports / beIN SPORTS

Semi-final 1 – winner of QF 1: Pau v Stade Francais Paris will play the winner of QF 2: Edinburgh Rugby v Cardiff Blues
Semi-final 2 – winner of QF 3: Connacht Rugby v Gloucester Rugby will play the winner of QF 4: Newcastle Falcons v Brive
(Matches to be played on 21/22 April)

Challenge Cup final: Friday 11 May; San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao (21.00)