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Sexton and Lowe on the attack during the final defeat to Saracens in Newcastle. Andrew Fosker/INPHO

Seismic Saturday evening in store as Leinster host Saracens, Ulster tackle Toulouse on the Sunday

April 4 and 5 will be an unmissable weekend of rugby.

EPCR HAVE TODAY confirmed the kick-off dates and times for the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals.

Top-seeded Leinster and eighth qualifier Saracens  will meet in a 17.45 kick-off on Saturday 4 April at the Aviva Stadium in a repeat of last year’s final – the last time Leo Cullen’s men suffered a loss.

The second province qualified for the knock-out stages, Ulster, will face four-time champions Toulouse at 15.15 Irish time on Sunday 5 April, with the winner to take on English opposition in the semi-finals on the weekend of 1 May.

Preceeding the Saturday evening clash between the teams who have share the last three titles will be Exeter v Northampton and Clermont v Racing 92. The winner of the all-French clash will lie in wait for either Leinster or Saracens.

Saturday 4 April

Exeter v Northampton

Clermont v Racing 92

Leinster v Saracens

Sunday 5 April

Toulouse v Ulster

Bernard Jackman joins Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey to discuss the ever-greying Saracens saga and pick his personal Ireland XV to face Scotland


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    Feb 27th 2019, 11:01 AM

    ENGLISH premier league- just in location

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    Feb 27th 2019, 11:06 AM

    Lower quality but more interesting football back then

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    Feb 27th 2019, 11:25 AM

    Brexit might bring back that reality sooner than people think

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    Feb 27th 2019, 11:42 AM

    Is it any wonder it’s never happened again… Villa lost 4-1 to Coventry!

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    Feb 27th 2019, 11:26 AM

    Ironic it was a foreginer who scored the winning goals tho…

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    Feb 27th 2019, 2:41 PM

    Bernard Brogans long lost relative.

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    Feb 27th 2019, 2:19 PM

    And not many English managers either !

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    Feb 27th 2019, 2:41 PM

    I wonder what Premier team had the most Irish players in it?I remember Charlton Athletic had Matt Holland,Mark Kinsella&Dean Kiely at the same time.That would be hard to beat,I reckon.

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    Feb 27th 2019, 2:58 PM

    @Frank MacNamara: Villa with Stan (the gaffer), McGrath, Townsend and Houghton maybe

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