Leinster to play Toulouse at the Aviva at 3pm next Saturday

Racing 92 to play Stade Rochelais in Lens next Sunday at 4pm in Champions Cup

Toulouse players celebrate after winning the penalty shoot-out after the European Champions Cup quarter-final rugby union match against Munster. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/AFP via Getty
Toulouse players celebrate after winning the penalty shoot-out after the European Champions Cup quarter-final rugby union match against Munster. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/AFP via Getty

The dates for the Heineken Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup semi-finals have been announced.

Following their victory over Munster, holders Toulouse will return to the Aviva Stadium next Saturday (May 14th) to play Leinster at 3pm.

The contest between two storied European clubs with nine Heineken Champions Cup titles between will be live on BT Sport.

In the second semi-final, last season’s finalists, Stade Rochelais, will face Racing 92 in a heavyweight all-French confrontation at the 38,000-capacity Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens next Sunday May 15th, again live on BT Sport with additional free-to-air coverage in the UK and Ireland on Channel 4 and Virgin Media.

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The first of the EPCR Challenge Cup semi-finals features No 1-ranked Lyon against Wasps at Matmut Stadium de Gerland on Saturday and that match will be followed later the same evening by another Anglo-French showdown between RC Toulon and Saracens. Both semi-finals will be live on BT Sport.

Heineken Champions Cup semi-finals

(Kick-offs local time)

Saturday May 14th

Leinster Rugby v Stade Toulousain, Aviva Stadium, Dublin (15.00)

BT Sport / beIN SPORTS / France 2

Sunday May 15th

Racing 92 v Stade Rochelais, Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens (16.00)

France 2 / beIN SPORTS / BT Sport / Channel 4 / Virgin Media

Heineken Champions Cup final

Saturday May 28th; Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (17.45)

EPCR Challenge Cup semi-finals

(Kick-offs local time)

Saturday May 14th

Lyon v Wasps, Matmut Stadium de Gerland (13.30)

beIN SPORTS / BT Sport

RC Toulon v Saracens, Stade Félix Mayol (21.00)

France 4 / beIN SPORTS / BT Sport

EPCR Challenge Cup final

Friday May 27th; Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (21.00)