14 mins: A scare for Prendergast as he takes too long over a kick and is charged down from the restart. La Rochelle up to the 22. Nice little grubber kick towards the line and they’re forced over their own line.

Significantly too, Leinster are now in the opposite half of the draw from the free-scoring French duo of Bordeaux Bègles and Toulouse, who eviscerated Michael Cheika’s Leicester on Sunday 80-12 to set up a home Round of 16 tie against Sale.

RONAN O’GARA has been praised for “bringing the Munster culture” to La Rochelle by a former World Rugby Player of the Year. The former Ireland out-half has enjoyed a successful

Luke McGrath clears and La Rochelle have a line-out in the Leinster half. It's a bit scrappy now as La Rochelle turn the ball over before Leinster win the penalty and Jordie Barrett will kick for 3 points this time.

La Rochelle vs Leinster is on Sunday, January 12 at the Stade Marcel-Deflandre. The game kicks off at 3.15pm. The game is being shown live on Premier Sports 1 in the UK. Premier Sports subscribers can also stream it on the Premier Player.

Leinster secured a hard-fought victory in the Investec Champions Cup, narrowly defeating La Rochelle 16-14 in France.

MUNSTER will travel to the Stade Marcel-Deflandre to face the 2022 and 2023 champions in the last-16 of the Champions Cup. Ronan O’Gara’s side will host the 2023 URC winners in

MUNSTER Rugby are facing an away fixture with Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle at the last 16 stage of the Investec Champions Cup. The fixture with the French Top 14 side at the Stade Marcel-Deflandre will take place on the weekend of April 4-6. Exact fixture details are set to be confirmed in the coming days.

Franco Smith’s side lost their final group match 24-7 to Harlequins at Twickenham Stoop on Saturday night but they had already secured a top-two finish. Toulon won Pool 4, one of six French sides to qualify for the round of 16.

Retaining a distance of 1.5 games for the leader of France’s Betclic Elite Regular Season, Cholet, La Roca Team improved to 11-4. Vitto Brown, Mouhammadou Jaiteh, Jordan Loyd, and Elie Okobo did not suit up for the Round 16 affair.

Rabah Slimani won 57 caps for his country, but he was discarded as part of Fabien Galthié's ruthless overhaul of the team.

Bristol Bears were beaten 33-26 by ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Stade Marcel-Michelin in Round Four of the 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup