Champions Cup Round 1: All You Need to Know

We're just one week out of the Autumn Nations Series and straight into the opening round of European action.

Leinster, beaten finalists in the last three seasons, 1999 winners Ulster and 2006 and 2008 champions Munster are competing in the Champions Cup, while Connacht set their sights on the Challenge Cup title.

Munster, under interim head coach Ian Costello, are first up as they welcome struggling French outfit Stade Francais to Thomond Park.

Richie Murphy's Ulster face the toughest assignment of the weekend as they take on Toulouse on the road, while Leinster's nearly men face a trip to Ashton Gate to take on Bristol Bears, with both teams are at the top of their domestic leagues.

Pete Wilkins and Connacht are at home to Zebre in the Challenge Cup on Saturday evening.

Find out all you need to know about the weekend's games here.

ONLINE

We'll have live updates, live scoring, reports and reaction from all three games on rte.ie/sport.

TV

You can watch live coverage of Munster v Stade Francais (Saturday 5.30pm) on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Toulouse v Ulster (Sunday 3.15pm) and Bristol v Leinster (Sunday 5.30pm) are live on Premier Sports. Connacht v Zebre (Saturday 8pm) in the Challenge Cup is also on Premier Sports.

RADIO

There will be live commentary of Munster v Stade Francais on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1, while there will also be commentary of Toulouse v Ulster on Sunday Sport.

WEATHER

While the worst of Storm Darragh is expected to have passed by early Saturday afternoon, there will still be some very windy conditions in Limerick on Saturday evening where Munster host Stade Francais and in Galway for Connacht v Zebre Parma, with gusts of up to 60km/hr. However, it's expected to be a dry evening, with temperatures around