Heineken Champions Cup round of 16: All you need to know

For the first time in the Heineken Champions Cup we have a two-legged round-of-16 matches, and all four Irish provinces are in action having come though a severely disrupted and disjointed pool phase.

Eleven of the group matches were not played, with six 28-0 wins being awarded to whichever team was deemed not at fault, while five other matches were recorded as draws. It was far from satisfactory.

The highlight from an Irish point of view is the first leg of interpro derby with Connacht hosting Leinster at the Sportsground this evening.

Ulster, fresh from their trek to South Africa, are in France to face champions Toulouse on Saturday, while Munster face Exeter at Sandy Park.

RADIO

Connacht v Leinster (Friday 8pm) and Ulster v Toulouse (Saturday 3.15pm) are live on RTÉ Radio 1.

TV

The games are live on BT Sport.

ONLINE

RTE.ie/sport will have live blogs on Friday night and Saturday with match reports and reaction from the grounds.

WEATHER

Met Éireann says Galway will have clear skies in 7C, with a wind of about 19km/h. We'll see. It's due to be partly sunny with a couple of showers in Toulouse, around 11C. Limerick on Saturday evening is set for cloudy skies in about 10C.

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Connacht scraped through the pool stages to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition for the first time.

Andy Friend's side got off to a super start with a 36-9 win over Stade Francais in Galway.

However, they picked up just five more points from their three remaining games, including two against Leicester, due to two try-bonus points and two losing bonus points.

That was good enough for the fifth qualifying spot in Pool B but set them of course with