First Heineken Cup quarter-final for Twickenham Stadium<\/p>\n
A Heineken Cup quarter-final will be staged at Twickenham Stadium for the first time following confirmation by Saracens that their match against Ulster Rugby in the last eight of the world\u2019s most competitive club rugby tournament will be played at the famous London venue on Saturday, 6 April.<\/p>\n
Although the home of English rugby has staged eight Heineken Cup fixtures to date, including four finals, the clash of the innovative English club and last season\u2019s finalists will be a new departure in Twickenham\u2019s illustrious history.<\/p>\n
With strong interest expected in the tie, the record attendance for a UK Heineken Cup quarter-final of 37,881 set at Murrayfield last season when Edinburgh Rugby defeated Toulouse, could be a target.<\/p>\n
Saracens earned a home tie by virtue of winning a highly-competitive Pool 1 while Ulster, who will be aiming to go one better this time after losing to Leinster Rugby in the 2012 final at Twickenham, topped Pool 4.<\/p>\n
Heineken Cup matches and attendances at Twickenham Stadium
\n2012 final: Leinster Rugby 42 Ulster Rugby 14 (81,774)
\n2009\/10 pool stage: London Irish 11 Leinster Rugby 11 (37,323)
\n2008\/09 pool stage: London Wasps 19 Leinster Rugby 12 (33,282)
\n2004\/05 pool stage: Harlequins 10 Munster Rugby 18 (33,883)
\n2008 semi-final: London Irish 15 Toulouse 21 (30,559)
\n2007 final: Leicester Tigers 9 London Wasps 25 (81,076)
\n2004 final: London Wasps 27 Toulouse 20 (73,057)
\n2000 final: Northampton Saints 9 Munster Rugby 8 (68,441)<\/p>\n
UK Heineken Cup quarter-final attendance record
\n2012 \u2013 Edinburgh Rugby v Toulouse, Murrayfield 37,881<\/p>\n
Heineken Cup quarter-final attendance record
\n2011 \u2013 Perpignan v Toulon, Olympic Stadium (Barcelona) 55,000<\/p>\n
Quarter-finals
\n(All kick-offs are local time)<\/p>\n
Saturday, 6 April
\nASM Clermont Auvergne v Montpellier, Stade Marcel Michelin 16.40
\nFR2\/Sky Sports\/Sky Italia
\nSaracens v Ulster Rugby, Twickenham Stadium 18.30
\nSky Sports\/Canal+\/Sky Italia<\/p>\n
Sunday, 7 April
\nHarlequins v Munster Rugby, Twickenham Stoop 14.00
\nSky Sports\/Canal+\/Sky Italia
\nToulon v Leicester Tigers, Venue TBC 17.30
\nFR2\/Canal+\/Sky Sports\/Sky Italia<\/p>\n
Semi-finals
\nMatches to be played on weekend of 26\/27\/28 April<\/p>\n
The winner of the first-named quarter-final match in each semi-final pairing will have home country advantage.<\/p>\n
Semi-final 1: Saracens or Ulster Rugby v Toulon or Leicester Tigers
\nSemi-final 2: ASM Clermont Auvergne or Montpellier v Harlequins or Munster Rugby<\/p>\n
Heineken Cup final: Saturday, 18 May; Aviva Stadium, Dublin 17.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First Heineken Cup quarter-final for Twickenham Stadium A Heineken Cup quarter-final will be staged at Twickenham Stadium for the first time following confirmation by Saracens that their match against Ulster Rugby in the last eight of the world\u2019s most competitive club rugby tournament will be played at the famous London venue on Saturday, 6 April. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4773,2994,7212,3959,8537,1997],"class_list":["post-40793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ulster-rugby","tag-final","tag-heineken","tag-quarter","tag-rugby","tag-twickenham","tag-ulster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40794,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40793\/revisions\/40794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}