Heineken Champions Cup

The Heineken Champions Cup will see three French teams with one from Ireland as there are no English clubs in the top four for the fourth time in the past 11 years.

Four-time winners, Toulouse, will go head-to-head with Heineken Cup semi-final first-timers, Bordeaux-Begles, on Sunday at 3am.

In the second semi-final, recent nominee for European Player of the Year, Flying Fijian center, Levani Botia and his La Rochelle side make their debut in this stage when they take on top Irish club and four-time champion, Leinster, on Monday at 3am.

It comes after the French government decreed its clubs should not play in the competitions this month.

As a result, European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) says it had "no choice" but to postpone all matches scheduled for the weekends of 16 and 23 January.

However, EPCR aims to resume and finish the tournaments "as soon as practicable".

Tournament chiefs hope two rounds of Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup pool games on the weekends of 15-17 and 22-24 can go ahead at a later date as authorities deal with the impact of a new strain of Covid-19.