Champions Cup Round 2: All you need to know

The Irish provinces will be looking for a better return in round two after picking up just a solitary victory on the opening weekend.

Leinster battled past La Rochelle, while Connacht and Ulster fell to demoralising losses, to Bordeaux Begles and Bath respectively.

Munster, meanwhile, were stunned as unfancied Bayonne took a share of the spoils from Thomond Park.

Here's all you need to know ahead of the weekend’s games.

ONLINE

We'll have live blogs, live scoring, reports and reaction across the weekend.

TV

Leinster v Sale is live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player on Saturday, with coverage getting under way at 4.45pm. Saracens v Connacht, Ulster v Racing 92 and Exeter v Munster are on TNT.

RADIO

There will be live commentary of Exeter v Munster (kick-off 1pm) on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra and RTÉ Radio on Sunday.

RTÉ Radio 1 will carry updates of Saracens v Connacht and Leinster v Sale Sharks on Saturday. There will be commentary of Leinster v Sale on Newstalk.

WEATHER

London will see sunny intervals on Saturday afternoon in about 11C, while the rain should stay away. Similar conditions are forecast for Dublin and Belfast later in the day with slightly more cloud cover.

Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze in about 12C are forecast for Munster's game in Exeter on Sunday afternoon.

Saturday's games kick off with the meeting of two teams who lost their opening ties last weekend.

However, Connacht’s defeat at the hands of Bordeaux Begles in Galway, and the manner of the 41-5 loss, will have stung much more than Saracens’ 27-16 reverse away to the Bulls.

Pete Wilkins’ side will have to come up with something special to upset the hosts, who have actually lost two of four home games in the Premiership this season.

Billy Vunipola was sent off in South