Toulouse get a bit of a shove on at the line-out and then Dimitri Delibes gets his step on down the left wing. Munster look ragged and in retreat. But who you going to call?

Peter O'Mahony comes to the rescue, clamping down over an unguarded break down and forcing a turnover. A skipper's intervention right there.

Simon Zebo wallops a great clearing kick up his wing and then attempts to sweet-talk the line judge into an extra few yards.

No dice.

Referee Luke Pearce peeps his whistle and we are up and running via a Joey Carbery drop-out. Safely gathered just inside the Toulouse 22m and Antoine Dupont clears up towards halfway.

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The Aviva Stadium is absolutely humming with noise and anticipation.

Two legs is all very good, but a straigh, maths-free, winner-takes-all slug-out? There is something special about that as well.

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Toulouse include star half-backs Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack.

Dupont and Ntamack are among six members of France's Grand Slam-winning squad who will start at the Aviva Stadium with Thomas Ramos named at full-back, Julien Marchand occupying the hooker berth and Francois Cros and Thibaud Flament included in the back row.

The Toulouse bench also includes prop Cyril Baille and flanker Anthony Jelonch, who started in the Grand Slam-clinching win over England, plus Peato Mauvaka, who came on as a replacement in that game.

Toulouse: Ramos; Delibes, Fouyssac, Ahki, Lebel; Ntamack, Dupont; Neti, Marchand, Aldegheri, Arnold, Meafou, Elstadt, Flament, Cros.

Replacements:Mauvaka, Baille, Ainu'u, Tekori, Tolofua, Jelonch, Germain, Medard.

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Munster have opted not to risk Ireland wing Andrew Conway in Saturday's Champions Cup quarter-final against holders Toulouse in Dublin.

With Conway (knee) joining Tadhg Beirne (thigh) as an absentee, Simon Zebo retains the wing role he occupied in the last-16 second-leg win over Exeter.

Forward changes from that game see Stephen Archer and Alex Kendellen in for John Ryan and injured John Hodnett.

Conor Murray and Joey Carbery are the half-back partnership.

Munster: Haley; Earls, Farrell, De Allende, Zebo; Carbery, Murray; J Wycherley, Scannell, Archer, Kleyn, F Wycherley, O'Mahony, Kendellen, O'Donoghue.

Replacements:Barron, Loughman, Ryan, Jenkins, Aherne, Casey, Healy, Daly.

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So many things about this fixture feel familiar. But one thing doesn't.

It is not taking place at the Thomond Park. Ed Sheeran had first dibs on this weekend at Munster's atmospheric home.

So Munster have upped sticks and taking the high road to the capital and the Aviva Stadium.

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This is a fixture that oozes both Champions Cup history and present-day flair.

Munster and Toulouse have 11 final apperances in total between them. The defending champions are sprinkled with stardust with Antoine Dupont, Julien Marchand and Thomas Ramos in their starting line-up.

The hosts are packed with granite with Peter O'Mahony, Damian de Allende and Chris Farrell present and correct.

This promises to be good.