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<\/a>\nHEINEKEN CUP QUARTER-FINALS
\nSaturday, 7 April<\/p>\n
Edinburgh Rugby v Toulouse, Murrayfield 15.00
\nSky Sports \/ FR2 \/ Canal+<\/p>\n
Leinster Rugby v Cardiff Blues, Aviva Stadium 17.45
\nSky Sports \/ Sport+<\/p>\n
Sunday, 8 April <\/p>\n
Munster Rugby v Ulster Rugby, Thomond Park 13.45
\nSky Sports \/ Sport+<\/p>\n
Saracens v ASM Clermont Auvergne, Vicarage Road 16.30
\nSky Sports, FR2<\/p>\n
QUARTER-FINAL NOTES<\/p>\n
Edinburgh Rugby v Toulouse<\/p>\n
\u2022 Edinburgh are the first Scottish club to win a Heineken Cup Pool.
\n\u2022 Edinburgh last reached the quarter-finals in 2004.
\n\u2022 Edinburgh met Toulouse in that quarter-final eight years ago and lost 36-10 at Le Stadium.
\n\u2022 Six players who featured in the 2004 match are still part of the Toulouse squad: Clement Poitrenaud, Vincent Clerc, Yannick Jauzion, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Jean Bouilhou and Romain Milo-Chluski.
\n\u2022 Toulouse have a 50% record in away quarter-finals. They beat Dax (1997) and Biarritz (2011), but lost to Ulster (1999) and Cardiff Blues (2009).<\/p>\n
Leinster Rugby v Cardiff Blues<\/p>\n
\u2022 Leinster have won all four of their Heineken Cup matches to date at the Aviva Stadium beating ASM Clermont Auvergne (Pool, 2010\/11), Leicester Tigers (quarter-final, 2010\/11), Toulouse (semi-final, 2010\/11) and Bath Rugby (Pool, 2011\/12)
\n\u2022 Leinster and Cardiff Blues have never met in a quarter-final before. The current champions played Cardiff in the semi-final of the inaugural 1995\/96 season at Lansdowne Road and lost 23-15.
\n\u2022 Leinster are unbeaten in their last 12 Heineken Cup matches.<\/p>\n
Munster Rugby v Ulster Rugby<\/p>\n
\u2022 The quarter-final will be the first match between the two clubs in the Heineken Cup.
\n\u2022 Munster have met Irish opponents in the tournament twice before, beating Leinster in the 2006 semi-finals and losing to the same opposition in the 2009 semi-finals.
\n\u2022 Munster won all of their Pool matches for the first time this season. No club which has achieved that feat has gone on to win the Heineken Cup.
\n\u2022 In 1999, Ulster became the first Irish club to win the Heineken Cup.<\/p>\n
Saracens v ASM Clermont Auvergne<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clermont have lost all three of their quarter-finals to date. Each match was away from home \u2013 Toulouse (2000), Castres (2002) and Leinster (2010).
\n\u2022 Saracens hooker, John Smit, made his Heineken Cup debut for Clermont against the Scarlets in 2007.
\n\u2022 Saracens have appeared in one quarter-final to date defeating the Ospreys 19-10 at Vicarage Road (2008).
\n\u2022 Andy Farrell played in that 2008 quarter-final and his son, Owen, could line out at Vicarage Road on 8 April.
\n\u2022 Saracens are the only English club to reach the quarter-finals this season.
\n\u2022 On all three occasions the Heineken Cup final has been staged at Twickenham Stadium, it has been won by an English club \u2013 Northampton Saints (2000), London Wasps (2004 and 2007).<\/p>\n
HEINEKEN CUP SEMI-FINALS
\n(Matches to be played on the weekend of 28 \/ 29 April)<\/p>\n
Saracens or ASM Clermont Auvergne v Leinster Rugby or Cardiff Blues<\/p>\n
Munster Rugby or Ulster Rugby v Edinburgh Rugby or Toulouse<\/p>\n
17th Heineken Cup Final \u2013 Twickenham Stadium, Saturday 19 May (Kick-Off 17.00)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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