Summary

  • Toulouse score nine tries in superb display to reach Champions Cup semi-finals

  • Five-time European champions will face Harlequins at Toulouse Stadium on Sunday, 5 May

  • Blair Kinghorn (two) among try-scorers as hosts ran in seven tries in second half

  • Jack Willis try gave hosts narrow 17-16 half-time lead in hot conditions

  • Ethan Roots and Zack Wimbush replied for Exeter at Stade Ernest-Wallon

  1. Postpublished at 15:07 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse 0-0 Exeter Chiefs

    Chiefs keep the pressure on close to the line, before Toulouse hang on to the ball and Chiefs get a penalty chance.

  2. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Toulouse 0-0 Exeter Chiefs

    Good start from Exeter, they rumble back towards halfway and win a penalty to clear for a lineout.

    They make more ground into the Toulouse half, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso making inroads. Henry Slade then gets to within five metres until the ball is spilled in the tackle.

  3. Kick-offpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse 0-0 Exeter

    And we are off, with Romain Ntamack kicking off into the Exeter 22.

  4. Postpublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs (15:00 BST)

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  5. Postpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs (15:00 BST)

    It's going to be loud and the home fans - and their mascot - will roar very soon. How this young Exeter side cope with it will be fascinating

    Toulouse fansImage source, Getty Images
    Ovalion, Mascot of Stade ToulousainImage source, Getty Images
  6. 'Toulouse are favourites'published at 14:49 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs (15:00 BST)

    Chris Ashton
    Former England winger

    "I thought that the Exeter-Bath game was a level below what Bordeaux and Toulouse were operating at.

    "On your day you can find it and it can click for you, but just going off the weekend's performances there is a step to go in performance to reach where the French teams are."

  7. Team newspublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs (15:00 BST)

    Toulouse make one change as centre Paul Costes replaces Pierre-Louis Barassi.

    Fly-half Romain Ntamack returned to the starting XV against Racing after eight months out and continues alongside France team-mate Antoine Dupont.

    Toulouse: Kinghorn; Mallia, Barassi, Ahki, Lebel; Ntamack, Dupont (c); Baille, Mauvaka, Aldegheri, Arnold, Meafou, Willis, Cros, Roumat.

    Replacements: Marchand, Neti, Merkler, Flament, Brennan, Graou, Ramos, Costes, Chocobares.

    The Chiefs are unchanged from the side that saw off Bath 21-15, with Immanuel Feyi-Waboso on the wing.

    Exeter: Hodge; Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Devoto, Woodburn; Skinner, Cairns; Sio, Yeandle, Painter, Tuima, Jenkins (capt), Roots, Tshiunza, Vintcent.

    Replacements: Innard, Southworth, Street, Pearson, Fisilau, Townsend, Haydon-Wood, Wimbush.

    Immanuel Feyi-WabosoImage source, Getty Images
  8. It's a scorcher!published at 14:40 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs (15:00 BST)

    It is a sultry 28 degrees in Toulouse today, but Harlequins coped well with similar conditions in Bordeaux. Can Exeter match their Premiership rivals?

    Toulouse's rugby groundImage source, Getty Images
  9. Lawes plays through the painpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 14 April

    Saints' skipper Courtney Lawes may be a bit sore today, he suffered a back spasm yesterday but it didn't keep him out of the match against Bulls - he even scored a fine try.

    “I had a back spasm at about one o’clock and that was fun! I am looking forward to playing game without wondering if I can run or not!” Lawes said.

    “I’m just getting old. I have been dealing with a couple of issues the last few weeks and it is not ideal, but I could not pull out. I was ‘as long as I can run, I am playing’. I got a bunch of pain killers in me and cracked on."

    Courtney LawesImage source, Getty Images
  10. Quins, Leinster and Saints already throughpublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs (15:00 BST)

    Performance of the day yesterday has to be Harlequins' thrilling 42-41 victory in Bordeaux.

    The two sides traded blows throughout an utter slug-fest of a game, with Quins claiming a semi-final spot despite a hostile home crowd and sizzling temperatures. They will face the winner of this afternoon's clash.

    Leinster will face Northampton at Dublin's Croke Park for a place in the final. The Irish side saw off La Rochelle with a 40-13 win, while Saints beat a weakened Bulls side 59-22.

    Harlequins in actionImage source, Getty Images
  11. Welcomepublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 14 April

    Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs (15:00 BST)

    Yesterday's Investec Champions Cup action was, at times, sublime - Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs has a lot to live up to.