Munster travel to the Twickenham Stoop on Sunday to face Harlequins, and become the team to have played the most Heineken Cup quarterfinals ever.
The weekend’s quarter finals:
Saturday 06 April
16h40 – Clermont Auvergne v Montpellier at Stade Marcel Michelin
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistants: JP Doyle (England), Stuart Terheege (England)
19h30 – Saracens v Ulster at Twickenham
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistants: Leighton Hodges (Wales), Cédric Marchat (France)
Sunday 07 April
15h00 – Harlequins v Munster at Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Assistants: Neil Paterson (Scotland), Laurent Cardona (France)
17h30 – Toulon v Leicester Tigers at Stade Félix Mayol
Referee : George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistants: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Leo Colgan (Ireland)
It will be Munster’s 14th appearance in the knock-out stages of the Heineken Cup, and will carry them past Toulouse on 13. If they reach the semifinals for a 9th time they will have set a record 10 wins in the quarterfinals.
A look at the Heineken Cup Quarterfinal Records:
Team:
Highest Score 71 – Stade Français 71 Pontypridd 14 (1998/99)
Winning Margin 57 – Stade Français 71 Pontypridd 14 (1998/99)
Most Tries 10 – Stade Français 71 Pontypridd 14 (1998/99)
Most Appearances 13 – Munster Rugby and Toulouse
Most Wins 9 – Munster Rugby and Toulouse
Individual:
Most Points 31 – Diego Dominguez (Stade Français) v Pontypridd (1998/99)
Most Tries 3 – Anthony Foley (Munster) v Biarritz Olympique (2000/01); Olivier Sarramea (Stade Français) v Newcastle Falcons (2004/05); Julien Malzieu (ASM Clermont Auvergne) v Leinster (2009/10)
Most Penalties 8 – Stephen Jones (Llanelli) v Bath Rugby (2001/02)
Most Conversions 9 – Diego Dominguez (Stade Français) v Pontypridd (1998/99)
Most Drop Goals 3 – Damien Traille (Biarritz Olympique) v Ospreys (2009/10)
Most Capped players:
108 – Ronan O’Gara (Munster);
101 – John Hayes (Munster;
94 – Peter Stringer (Munster);
91 – Gordon D’Arcy (Leinster);
87 – Leo Cullen (Leinster), Shane Horgan (Leinster), Donncha O’Callaghan (Munster)
