Who to succeed Stade Toulousain? The defending champions want to retain their title as the Round of 16 of the European Rugby Cup continues this weekend, in an unprecedented format of home and away matches. Mined by physical glitches, the reigning European champions will have to respond present Saturday in Belfast, where they will have to erase the home defeat of the first leg against the Irish (20-26). Six other French clubs are in the running to climb the steps leading to the ultimate crown.
The French club program
Saturday April 16
- (1:30 p.m.) Harlequins (ENG) – Montpellier (ENG)
- (4 p.m.) La Rochelle (FRA) – Bordeaux Begles (ENG)
- (6.30pm) Leicester (ENG) – Clermont (ENG)
- (9 p.m.) Ulster (IRL) – Toulouse (ENG)
Sunday April 17
- (4:30 p.m.) Racing 92 (FRA) – French Stadium (ENG)