{"id":582914,"date":"2026-04-03T13:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582914\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:05:10","slug":"champions-cup-round-of-16-predictions-teams-kick-off-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582914\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Cup round of 16: Predictions, teams, kick-off times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Investec Champions Cup reaches the Round of 16 stage this weekend so there is plenty to play for with one match on Friday, five across Saturday and two on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s all the team news, our predictions, kick-off times, match officials and how to watch the action as we prepare to find out who is making the European<\/a> quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/p>\n

Northampton Saints v Castres<\/p>\n

Prediction: Northampton by 14<\/p>\n

Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank (c), 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Tom Litchfield, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 James Ramm, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Archie McParland, 8 Callum Chick, 7 Henry Pollock, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 JJ van der Mescht, 4 Tom Lockett, 3 Luke Green, 2 Craig Wright, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Tom West, 18 Cleopas Kundiona, 19 Ed Prowse, 20 Chunya Munga, 21 Tom Pearson, 22 Jonny Weimann, 23 Rory Hutchinson<\/p>\n

Castres: 15 Theo Chabouni, 14 Christian Ambadiang, 13 Vilimoni Botitu, 12 Jack Goodhue, 11 Vuate Karawalevu, 10 Enzo Herve, 9 Jeremy Fernandez, 8 Abraham Papalii, 7 Tyler Ardron, 6 Baptiste Delaporte (c), 5 Florent Vanverberghe, 4 Guillaume Ducat,\u00a03 Nicolas Corato, 2 Teddy Durand-Pradere, 1 Quentin Walcker
Replacements: 16 Pierre Colonna, 17 Lois Guerois-Galisson, 18 Aurelien Azar, 19 Gauthier Maravat, 20 Baptiste Cope, 21 Veresa Ramototabua, 22 Santiago Arata, 23 Geoffrey Palis<\/p>\n

Venue: Franklin\u2019s Gardens
Kick-off: 20:00 BST\/21:00 CEST
Referee: Craig Evans (Wal)
Assistant Referees: Morne Ferreira (SA), Jonny MacKenzie (Sco)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SA)
TV: Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/p>\n

Bath v Saracens<\/p>\n

Prediction: Bath by 18<\/p>\n

Bath: 15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Josh Bayliss, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Kepu Tuipulotu, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Ted Hill, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Bernard van der Linde, 22 Cameron Redpath, 23 Miles Reid<\/p>\n

Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Noah Caluori, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Tobias Elliott, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Charlie Bracken, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jamie George, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Harry Wilson, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Alex Lozowski, 23 Max Malins<\/p>\n

Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Geo)
Assistant Referees: Ben Connor (Wal), Shota Tevzadze (Geo)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wal)
How to watch: Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

Former champions revealed to be most watched club in Europe as record breaking number of fans flock to watch rugby\u2019s top club competition<\/a><\/p>\n

Toulon v Stormers<\/p>\n

Prediction: Toulon by 2<\/p>\n

Toulon: 15 Marius Domon, 14 Ga\u00ebl Drean, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Antoine Frisch, 11 Setariki Tuicuvu, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Ben White, 8 Mikheil Shioshvili, 7 Charles Ollivon (c), 6 Junior Kpoku, 5 David Ribbans (c), 4 Corentin Mezou, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Giorgi Javakhia, 20 Matthias Halagahu, 21 Zach Mercer, 22 Mathis Ferte, 23 Ma\u2019a Nonu<\/p>\n

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Damian Willemse, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Adr\u00e9 Smith, 3 Neethling Fouch\u00e9, 2 Andr\u00e9-Hugo Venter, 1 Oli Kebble.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Imad Khan, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Wandisile Simelane<\/p>\n

Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (Eng), John Meredith (Eng)
TMO: Ian Tempest (Eng)
How to watch: beIN SPORTS \/ France TV \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

Glasgow Warriors v Bulls<\/p>\n

Prediction: Glasgow by 10<\/p>\n

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Steyn (c), 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Alex Samuel, 4 Max Williamson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Patrick Schickerling
Replacements: 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Olujare Oguntibeju, 20 Euan Ferrie, 21 Angus Fraser, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Adam Hastings<\/p>\n

Bulls: 15 David Kriel, 14 Cheswill Jooste, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw, 6 Marcell Coetzee (c), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Jeandre Rudolph, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Stedman Gans, 23 Willie le Roux<\/p>\n

Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Referee: Pierre Brousset (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Vincent Blasco Baque (Fra), Julien Caulier (Fra)
TMO: Tual Trainini (Fra)
How to watch: Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ beIN SPORTS \/ FloRugby \/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

Bulls team: Johan Ackermann goes fully-loaded for Glasgow showdown but Willie le Roux drops to bench<\/a><\/p>\n

Toulouse v Bristol Bears<\/p>\n

Prediction: Toulouse by 22<\/p>\n

Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Teddy Thomas, 13 Kalvin Gourgues, 12 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Jack Willis, 6 Fran\u00e7ois Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 David Ainu\u2019u
Replacements: 16 Thomas Lacombre, 17 Paul Mallez, 18 Joel Merkler, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Leo Banos, 21 Paul Graou, 22 Santiago Chocobares, 23 Blair Kinghorn<\/p>\n

Bristol Bears: 15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Benjamin Grondona, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Joe Owen, 4 James Dun, 3 George Kloska, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 George Taylor, 20 Luka Ivanishvili, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Matias Moroni, 23 Noah Heward<\/p>\n

Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 BST)
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Ita)
Assistant Referees: Federico Vedovelli (Ita), Alberto Favaro (Ita)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Ita)
How to watch: beIN SPORTS \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

Harlequins v Sale Sharks<\/p>\n

Prediction: Harlequins by 3<\/p>\n

Harlequins: 15 Nick David, 14 Rodrigo Isgr\u00f3, 13 Luke Northmore, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Stu Townsend, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Will Evans, 6 Guido Petti Pagadiz\u00e1bal, 5 Elliot Williams, 4 Kieran Treadwell, 3 Pedro Delgado, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Simon Kerrod
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Will Hobson, 18 Ollie Streeter, 19 Chandler Cunningham-South, 20 Zach Carr, 21 Jack Kenningham, 22 Lucas Friday, 23 Jarrod Evans<\/p>\n

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Marius Louw, 12 Rekeiti Ma\u2019asi-White, 11 Tom O\u2019Flaherty, 10 George Ford, 9 Raffi Quirke, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Sam Dugdale, 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Ben Bamber, 4 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Ethan Caine, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 James Harper, 19 Reuben Logan, 20 Jos Gilmore, 21 Gus Warr, 22 Ollie Davies, 23 Alex Wills<\/p>\n

Kick-off: 20:00 BST
Referee: Luc Ramos (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Thomas Charabas (Fra), Jonathan Gasnier (Fra)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (Fra)
How to watch: Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

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Sunday<\/p>\n

Bordeaux-Begles v Leicester Tigers<\/p>\n

Prediction: Bordeaux-Begles by 15<\/p>\n

Bordeaux-Begles: 15 Salesi Rayasi, 14 Pablo Uberti, 13 Damian Penaud, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Maxime Lucu (c), 8 Marko Gazzotti, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Boris Palu, 3 Carl\u00fc Sadie, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Gaetan Barlot, 17 Matis Perchaud, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Pierre Bochaton, 20 Temo Matiu, 21 Arthur Retiere, 22 Hugo Reus, 23 Rohan Janse van Rensburg<\/p>\n

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Izaia Perese, 12 Joseph Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 James O\u2019Connor, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Joshua Manz, 6 Joaquin Moro, 5 Harry Wells, 4 Hanro Liebenberg (c), 3 Will Hurd, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Archie van der Flier
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 Tarek Haffar, 18 Ale Loman, 19 Cameron Henderson, 20 Harry Palmer, 21 Tom Whiteley, 22 Billy Searle, 23 Will Wand<\/p>\n

Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire)
Assistant Referees: Peter Martin (Ire), Padraic Reidy (Ire)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ire)
How to watch: France TV \/ Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

Leinster v Edinburgh<\/p>\n

Prediction: Leinster by 30<\/p>\n

Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy O\u2019Brien, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jamie Osborne, 11 Jimmy O\u2019Brien, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Jack Conan, 5 Ryan Baird, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Alex Usanov, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Brian Deeny, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ciar\u00e1n Frawley, 23 Robbie Henshaw<\/p>\n

Edinburgh: 15 Piers O\u2019Conor, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Malelili Satala, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Charlie Shiel, 8 Ben Muncaster, 7 Dylan Richardson, 6 Liam McConnell, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 D\u2019arcy Rae, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Jerry Blyth-Lafferty, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Glen Young, 20 Freddy Douglas, 21 Ben Vellacott, 22 Mosese Tuipulotu, 23 Jack Brown<\/p>\n

Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Referee: Luke Pearce (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales (Eng), Joe James (Eng)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (Eng)
How to watch: Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Ben Youngs\u2019 Investec Champions Cup: Round of 16 predictions, South Africa\u2019s shame and the fixture that will deliver all-court entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Investec Champions Cup reaches the Round of 16 stage this weekend so there is plenty to play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,17345,36467,36177,58385,201597,39991,818,186111,39694,6265,44,39992,7708,760,176848,39279,85,134440],"class_list":{"0":"post-582914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bath","11":"tag-bristol","12":"tag-bulls","13":"tag-edinburgh","14":"tag-glasgow-warriors","15":"tag-harlequins","16":"tag-home-page","17":"tag-investec-champions-cup","18":"tag-leicester-tigers","19":"tag-leinster","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-northampton-saints","22":"tag-predictions","23":"tag-rugby","24":"tag-sale-sharks","25":"tag-saracens","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-stormers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}