With their last sixteen tie against Toulon scrapped hours before Friday’s kick-off, Leinster Rugby will face Exeter Chiefs in the quarter-final of this year’s Champions Cup.
With games coming thick and fast, the Blues travel to Exeter’s Sandy Park this Saturday for a 5.30 pm kick-off.
Friday’s fixture against Toulon was abandoned due to a positive Covid-19 test in the French camp, despite Toulon having already travelled to Dublin without the player in question.
On review, it was deemed a number of the travelling squad could be considered high-risk close contacts, leaving Toulon without a team to field for Friday’s game. Under the EPCR’s Covid-19 rules, that meant the French side having to forfeit the fixture.
Heineken Champions Cup Quarter-Finals
- Saturday 10 April: La Rochelle v Sale Sharks (4 pm), Exeter Chiefs v Leinster Rugby (5.30 pm)
- Sunday 11 April: Bordeaux-Begles v Racing 92 ASM (1.30 pm), Clermont Auvergne v Toulouse (4 pm)
The draw for the semi-final stages of the competition will take place following Clermont v Toulouse on Sunday, with the semi-finals booked for the May Bank Holiday weekend.
This year’s Heineken Champions Cup Final will take place on Saturday 22 May.
