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The quarter-finals of the Investec Champions Cup will see Northampton Saints hosting the Bulls, while La Rochelle and Leinster face each other in a rematch of the past two finals. Harlequins will travel to Bordeaux and Exeter Chiefs will face a tough away trip to Toulouse.

Northampton Saints will host the Bulls in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-finals, which also feature a rematch of the past two finals.

Leo Cullen's Leinster have suffered agonising back-to-back final defeats against La Rochelle, but they did clinch a pool-stage victory against Ronan O'Gara's side in the opening game of this year's tournament."It's a great challenge, isn't it?" Cullen said. "We have seen plenty of each other over the last couple of seasons. That's what you want. You want to be testing yourself against the best teams that are out there.

Antoine Dupont's Toulouse came into the knockout stages as the number-one seeds after winning all four pool games, andscored five tries in a 31-7 win over Racing 92 on Sunday. Toulouse v Exeter Chiefs - Sunday, 14th April - 15:00 Leinster v La Rochelle - Saturday, 13th April - 17:30The semi-finals could see an all-English or all-French contest, with the winner of Toulouse against Exeter facing Bordeaux Begles or Harlequins.

With a home tie against the hemisphere-traversing Bulls, Northampton have by far the best chance of the three of reaching a semi-final, and with the win against Munster coming off the back of vanquishing Saracens, the Saints have Franklin's Gardens bouncing.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

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