Champions Cup Round 3: All you need to know

The penultimate round of a short pool stage, and by Sunday evening we can expect to see several of the knockout places confirmed.

The paths to the final won't be clear until Round 4 however, with plenty of potential movement in the seedings across the second half of the pool stage.

Round 3 is a mirror image of Round 2, with Munster at home, and Ulster and Leinster on the road, while Connacht welcome Brive to the Sportsground in the Challenge Cup, looking to maintain their 100% record.

All four Irish provinces are in action on Saturday, starting at 1pm when Leinster travel to Gloucester, whom they hammered at the RDS in Round 2, before Munster host the Northampton Saints at Thomond Park at 3.15pm.

Out-of-form Ulster face a daunting challenge in the 5.30pm kickoff, away to the defending champions La Rochelle, with Connacht also in action against French opposition at the same time..

TV Munster v Northampton Saints is live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player (Saturday, 3.15pm), with coverage getting under way at 2.30pm, with all other Champions Cup games live on BT Sport. Connacht v Brive (Saturday, 5.30pm) in the Challenge Cup will be streamed live on epcrugby.tv

RADIO Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 will have live commentary of Munster v Northampton Saints and La Rochelle v Ulster.

ONLINE Follow our live blogs on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app with match reports and reaction from around the grounds.

WEATHER

Leinster and Gloucester should have reasonable conditions for their meeting at Kingsholm, with early morning rain clearing up before kick-off, and temperatures of around 9C, although it will be windy at times.

There's less favourable weather in Limerick for Munster v Northampton, with plenty of rain forecast throughout the day, temperatures