Summary

  • Northampton Saints thrash Bulls to reach Champions Cup semi-finals

  • Brilliant Saints score nine tries in dazzling victory at Franklin's Gardens

  • Northampton will travel to Dublin's Croke Park to face Leinster in May

  • Leinster crushed defending champions La Rochelle 40-13 to reach last four

  • Harlequins edged out Bordeaux-Begles 42-41 to make semi-finals for first time

  • They will face Toulouse or Exeter who play on Sunday

  1. Team newspublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 13 April 2024

    Bordeaux v Harlequins (15:00 BST)

    Bordeaux make two changes to the side that beat Saracens as Pablo Uberti is named on the wing and Lekso Kaulashvili starts at prop.

    Bordeaux: Buros; Uberti, Depoortere, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Garcia, Lucu (capt); Kaulashvili, Lamothe, Tameifuna, Cazeaux, Coleman, Miquel, Samu, Tatafu.

    Replacements: Maynadier, Boniface, Sadie, Douglas, Petti, Vergnes-Taillefer, Lesgourgues, Tambwe.

    Harlequins have made three changes; a new pairing forms in the second row as Joe Launchbury (pictured below) comes in, while Stephan Lewies moves from flanker, where Chandler Cunningham-South starts.

    Scrum-half Will Porter comes in for Danny Care after the win over Glasgow.

    Harlequins: T Green; Lynagh, Beard, Esterhuizen, Murley; Smith, Porter; Baxter, Walker, Collier, Launchbury, Lewies (capt), Cunningham-South, W Evans, Dombrandt.

    Replacements: Riley, Kerrod, Lewis, Herbst, Hammond, M Green, J Evans, Northmore.

    Referee: Andrea Piardi (Ita)

    Joe LaunchburyImage source, Getty Images
  2. Welcomepublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 13 April 2024

    Bordeaux v Harlequins (15:00 BST)

    Good afternoon, and what a few hours of mouthwatering European rugby we have coming up.

    Following on from the clash at Stade Chaban-Delmas, there are two more quarter-finals to enjoy:

    Leinster v La Rochelle (17:30)

    Northampton v Bulls (20:00)

    There'll be live text coverage on both of these last-eight humdingers.

    And get another browser open to follow Scotland v England in the Women's 6 Nations while you're at it.