Heineken Champions Cup Quarter Final - Munster vs. Toulouse - Saturday, May 7th - Aviva Stadium

Munster

Mike Haley; Keith Earls, Chris Farrell, Damian de Allende, Simon Zebo; Joey Carbery, Conor Murray; Josh Wycherley, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Fineen Wycherley; Peter O’Mahony (C), Alex Kendellen, Jack O’Donoghue.

Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Jeremy Loughman, John Ryan, Jason Jenkins, Thomas Ahern, Craig Casey, Ben Healy, Jack Daly.

Ref: Luke Pearce

Broadcast available on: BT Sport 2

• Munster Rugby have won four of their previous seven Heineken Champions Cup encounters against Stade Toulousain, including a victory in the 2007/08 final (16-13); however, they lost their most recent clash with the five-time champions (33-40 in last season’s Round of 16).
• Munster Rugby and Toulouse will each be playing in their 19th quarter-final in the Heineken Champions Cup, no other club has played as many fixtures at this stage of the competition; Munster have won the most quarter-final fixtures of any team (14, Toulouse – 12).
• Munster Rugby have won their last five quarter-final ties in the Heineken Champions Cup, a run which includes two victories against Stade Toulousain (47-23 in 2013/14 and 41-16 in 2016/17); four of their last six quarter-finals have been decided by margins of six points or fewer, including each of their last two.
• Stade Toulousain have won their last three quarter-final ties in the Heineken Champions Cup after losing their previous three in a row – two of those defeats coming against Munster.
• Stade Toulousain have won their last four Heineken Champions Cup away games against Irish teams, this after losing their previous five such matches; their last three wins in Ireland have each come by exactly seven points.
• Munster Rugby are one of two teams remaining in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup not to have conceded a single try that originated from a scrum (also Leinster); additionally, 20% of their own tries have originated from scrums, the highest percentage of any side remaining in this season’s competition.
• No side has forced more opposition turnovers in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup than Munster Rugby (48); additionally, no team left in the competition has conceded more turnovers this season than Stade Toulousain (70).
• Stade Toulousain have beaten an average of 30 defenders per game in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup, only Leinster (31) have averaged more in the competition in 2021/22.
• No player has claimed more lineouts in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup than Munster’s Peter O’Mahony (36); O’Mahony has also stolen at least three more opposition lineouts than any other player this season (7).
• Antoine Dupont has beaten 18 defenders in his three Heineken Champions Cup appearances this season, his average of six defenders beaten per game is the most of any player to feature more than once in the competition in 2021/22.