{"id":587768,"date":"2026-04-05T21:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587768\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:02:08","slug":"quarter-final-dates-venues-kick-off-times-and-tv-coverage-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587768\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarter-final\u00a0dates, venues, kick-off times and TV coverage confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the completion on Sunday of the round of 16, EPCR have announced the dates, venues, kick-off times and TV coverage of the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final matches next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The eagerly awaited round of eight will kick off in England on Friday night with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tournament\/premiership\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PREM Rugby<\/a> champions Bath hosting their domestic rivals Northampton, who reached the final of last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tournament\/rugby-champions-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/bath-player-ratings-out-of-favour-england-wing-infallible-under-the-high-ball-while-weak-finn-russell-a-shadow-of-his-normal-self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bath qualified with a hard-fought win on Saturday over Saracens<\/a>, with Northampton also having to come from behind to get the better of an ill-disciplined Castres the previous night.<\/p>\n<p>Following this all-English quarter-final opener, the action will move to Scotland and Ireland on Saturday with Glasgow hosting Toulon and Leinster welcoming Sale.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors, Toulon and Leinster all had round of 16 scares before respectively getting the better of the Bulls, the Stormers and Edinburgh, while Sale were more comfortable winners in their clash away to Harlequins.<\/p>\n<p>The final quarter-final will take place next Sunday, an all-French affair featuring defending Champions Cup champions Bordeaux at home to Toulouse, the reigning Top 14 champions.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams took apart English opposition in the round of 16, with Bordeaux hammering Leicester and Toulouse doing likewise to Bristol.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/bordeaux-v-leicester-five-takeaways-as-ultimate-rugby-experience-brimming-with-speed-brilliance-and-a-homecoming-dismantles-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bordeaux v Leicester: Five takeaways as \u2018ultimate rugby experience\u2019 brimming with \u2018speed, brilliance and a homecoming\u2019 dismantles Tigers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>QUARTER-FINALS<\/p>\n<p>(Pool stage rankings in brackets \u2013 all kick-offs local times)<\/p>\n<p>Friday 10 April<\/p>\n<p>QF 4: Bath Rugby (4) \u2013 Northampton Saints (5), The Rec (20:00)<\/p>\n<p>Premier Sports \/ beIN Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ EPCR TV<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 11 April<\/p>\n<p>QF 2: Glasgow Warriors (2) \u2013 RC Toulon (7), Scotstoun Stadium (15:00)<\/p>\n<p>Premier Sports \/ France TV \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ EPCRTV<\/p>\n<p>QF 3: Leinster Rugby (3) \u2013 Sale Sharks (11), Aviva Stadium (17:30)<\/p>\n<p>Premier Sports \/ beIN Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ EPCR TV<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 12 April<\/p>\n<p>QF 1: Union Bordeaux B\u00e8gles (1) \u2013 Stade Toulousain (8), Stade Chaban-Delmas (16:00)<\/p>\n<p>France TV \/ beIN Sports \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ EPCR TV<\/p>\n<p>Semi-finals \u2013 1\/2\/3 May<\/p>\n<p>SF 1:\u00a0winner QF 1 v winner QF 4<\/p>\n<p>SF 2:\u00a0winner QF 2 v winner QF 3<\/p>\n<p>NB\u00a0The venues for the semi-final matches will be designated by EPCR.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Investec Champions Cup final: Saturday 23 May; San Mam\u00e9s Stadium, Bilbao (15.45)<\/p>\n<p>Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=planetrugby.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>EPCR Challenge Cup<\/p>\n<p>The quarter-final fixture dates, venues, kick-off times and TV coverage details have also been announced for the Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n<p>QUARTER-FINALS<\/p>\n<p>(Pool stage rankings in brackets \u2013 all kick-offs local times)<\/p>\n<p>Friday 10 April<\/p>\n<p>QF 3: Ulster Rugby (3) v Stade Rochelais (11), Affidea Stadium, (20:00)<\/p>\n<p>Premier Sports \/ France TV \/\u00a0beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ EPCR TV<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 11 April<\/p>\n<p>QF 1: Montpellier H\u00e9rault Rugby (1) v Connacht Rugby (8), Septeo Stadium (13:30)<\/p>\n<p>beIN Sports \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby \/ EPCR TV<\/p>\n<p>QF 4: Zebre Parma (5) v Dragons RFC (13), Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, (21:00)<\/p>\n<p>EPCR TV \/ beIN SPORTS \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 12 April<\/p>\n<p>QF 2: Benetton Rugby (2) v Exeter Chiefs (7), Stadio Comunale di Monigo (13:30)<\/p>\n<p>EPCR TV \/ Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Semi-finals \u2013 1\/2\/3 May<\/p>\n<p>SF 1:\u00a0Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 4<\/p>\n<p>SF 2:\u00a0Winner QF 2 v Winner QF 3<\/p>\n<p>NB\u00a0The highest-ranked clubs from the pool stage will have home venue advantage<\/p>\n<p>2026 EPCR Challenge Cup Final \u2013 Friday 22 May;\u00a0San Mam\u00e9s Stadium, Bilbao (21:00)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/leinster-v-edinburgh-five-takeaways-as-level-of-irish-generosity-sees-predicted-pre-game-rout-fail-to-materialise\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leinster v Edinburgh: Five takeaways as \u2018level of Irish generosity\u2019 sees \u2018predicted pre-game rout\u2019 fail to materialise<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the completion on Sunday of the round of 16, EPCR have announced the dates, venues, kick-off times&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,818,186111,44,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-587768","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-home-page","11":"tag-investec-champions-cup","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-rugby","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587768","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=587768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}