Toulouse and Bordeaux Bègles joint favourites to win tournament, but shocks may await Top 14 aces

Munster captain says changes to mauls can ‘clean up the game’

Province have several gestures prepared to mark the tenth anniversary of head coach’s death

Tom Ahern and Fineen Wycherley may also be back for Champions Cup opener at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Changes to the calendar only weaken a competition that has never been truly loved in England and France

Leo Cullen says Leinster need to improve attacking cohesion, although the form of Sam Prendergast is a bright spark

Lansdowne fight back against Old Belvedere for first win of the season

Nine Leinster players made their first appearance of the season against Cardiff in the province’s triumphant RDS return

Sam Prendergast in fine form with man-of-the-match display at redeveloped Laya Arena

Province return to competitive action at the redeveloped Laya Arena

Lansdowne, Clontarf and Cork Constitution host Old Belvedere, UCD and St Mary’s respectively in round three

Bundee Aki will start as all Irish internationals return to starting lineup for URC clash

After absence of more than two years, Leinster host Cardiff on return to redeveloped home ground

Key Irish internationals return for all four provinces for URC weekend

Foley died in Paris in 2016 on the morning that Munster were due to face Racing in that year’s Champions Cup