{"id":427163,"date":"2026-05-01T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/427163\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:38:09","slug":"predictions-teams-kick-off-times-how-to-watch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/427163\/","title":{"rendered":"Predictions, teams, kick-off times, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is semi-final weekend in the Investec Champions Cup as Leinster take on RC Toulon and defending champions Union Bordeaux-Begles face Bath.<\/p>\n

Check on the team news, our predictions and all the match details ahead of the fixtures.<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/p>\n

Leinster v RC Toulon<\/p>\n

Prediction: Leinster by five points<\/p>\n

Leinster<\/a>: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy O\u2019Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Rieko Ioane<\/a>, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Jack Conan, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tom Clarkson, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Jerry Cahir, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Alex Soroka, 20 Scott Penny, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Sam Prendergast, 23 Jamie Osborne<\/p>\n

RC Toulon: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Ga\u00ebl Drean, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 J\u00e9r\u00e9my Sinzelle, 11 Setariki Tuicuvu, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Ben White, 8 Mikheil Shioshvili, 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 Junior Kpoku, 5 David Ribbans, 4 Corentin Mezou, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Daniel Brennan, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Matthias Halagahu, 20 Zach Mercer, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Esteban Abadie, 23 Mathis Ferte<\/p>\n

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant referees: Christophe Ridley (England), Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
TMO: Ian Tempest (England)
How to watch: Premier Sports\/ France.tvsport\/ beIN SPORTS\/ SuperSport\/ FloRugby\/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

Ben Youngs\u2019 Investec Champions Cup: Semi-final predictions, Toulon\u2019s Anglo-Saxon spine and the genius of Louis Bielle-Biarrey<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday<\/p>\n

Union Bordeaux-Begles v Bath Rugby<\/p>\n

Prediction: Bordeaux-Begles by 10 points<\/p>\n

Union Bordeaux-B\u00e8gles: 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 Pierre Bochaton, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Boris Palu, 3 Carl\u00fc Sadie, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Matis Perchaud
Replacements: 16 Gaetan Barlot, 17 Ugo Boniface, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Cyril Cazeaux, 20 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 21 Temo Matiu, 22 Arthur Retiere, 23 Hugo Reus<\/p>\n

Bath Rugby<\/a>: 15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Henry Arundell, 13 Louie Hennessey, 12 Ollie Lawrence, 11 Will Muir, 10 Finn Russell<\/a>, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Josh Bayliss, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Kepu Tuipulotu, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Billy Sela, 19 Ted Hill, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Tom de Glanville, 23 Miles Reid<\/p>\n

Venue: Stade Atlantique Bordeaux M\u00e9tropole, Bordeaux
Kick-off: 16:00 local time (15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant referees: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy), Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
How to watch: Premier Sports\/ France.tvsport\/ beIN SPORTS\/ SuperSport\/ FloRugby\/ epcrugby.tv<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Finn Russell likened to two Springboks legends ahead of Champions Cup showdown as Bath great hails \u2018rare ability\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is semi-final weekend in the Investec Champions Cup as Leinster take on RC Toulon and defending champions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[70354,1100,61,98188,60,10562,43,112],"class_list":["post-427163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bath","tag-home-page","tag-ie","tag-investec-champions-cup","tag-ireland","tag-leinster","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}