LONDON IRISH v TOULOUSE (Twickenham, Saturday, 1500)
London Irish (Pool One winners)
Rugby director: Brian Smith.
Captain: Bob Casey.
Cup best: Semi-finals 2008.
This season: Treviso (h) won 42-9, Newport Gwent Dragons (a) won 45-17, Perpignan (h) won 24-16, Perpignan (a) lost 23-6, Newport Gwent Dragons (h) won 41-24, Treviso (a) won 24-11.
Quarter-final: Perpignan (h) won 20-9.
Points scored: 202.
Points conceded: 109.
Top points: 90 - Peter Hewat.
Top tries: 4 - Tomas De Vedia, Peter Hewat.
Player to watch: Peter Hewat.
Toulouse (Pool Six winners)
Coach: Guy Noves.
Captain: Fabien Pelous.
Cup best: Winners 1996, 2003, 2005.
This season: Edinburgh (a) won 19-15, Leinster (h) won 33-6, Leicester (a) lost 14-9, Leicester (h) won 22-11, Leinster (a) lost 20-13, Edinburgh (h) won 34-10.
Quarter-final: Cardiff Blues (h) won 41-17.
Points scored: 171.
Points conceded: 93.
Top points: 51 - Jean-Baptiste Elissalde.
Top tries: 5 - Vincent Clerc.
Player to watch: Cedric Heymans.
Head to head: London Irish 1 Toulouse 3.
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SARACENS v MUNSTER (Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Sunday, 1500)
Saracens (Pool Four winners)
Rugby director: Alan Gaffney.
Captain: Neil de Kock.
Cup best: Semi-finals 2008.
This season: Glasgow (h) won 33-31, Biarritz (a) lost 22-21, Viadana (h) won 71-7, Viadana (h) won 34-26, Biarritz (h) won 45-16, Glasgow (a) won 21-17.
Quarter-final: Ospreys (h) won 19-10.
Points scored: 244.
Points conceded: 129.
Top points: 112 - Glen Jackson.
Top tries: 5 - Richard Haughton.
Player to watch: Cobus Visagie.
Munster (Pool Five winners)
Rugby director: Declan Kidney.
Captain: Paul O'Connell.
Cup best: Winners 2006.
This season: Wasps (a) lost 24-23, Clermont Auvergne (h) won 36-13, Llanelli Scarlets (a) won 29-16, Llanelli Scarlets (h) won 22-13, Clermont Auvergne (a) lost 26-19, Wasps (h) won 19-3.
Quarter-final: Gloucester (a) won 16-3.
Points scored: 164.
Points conceded: 98.
Top points: 89 - Ronan O'Gara.
Top tries: 2 - Rua Tipoki, Brian Carney, Shaun Payne, Marcus Horan.
Player to watch: Doug Howlett.
Head to head: Saracens 0 Munster 2.
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