Premier Sports will show every knockout game in the Investec Champions Cup live as EPCR confirms the dates, venues and kick-off times for its Round of 16 showdowns in early April.

A blockbuster weekend of action in the Investec Champions Cup Round of 16 kicks off on Friday 4 April as its 16 clubs take the next steps on the road to the Bilbao Finals at San Mamés Stadium on May 23rd.

All 16 teams have previously reached this stage and with eight former champions and 21 titles between them, expect high drama and intensity as the winner takes all battles begin for the Investec Champions Cup trophy. Every minute from every game will be live on Premier Sports across the UK and Ireland.

Premier Sports will also host full live coverage of three EPCR Challenge Cup Round of 16 games with Connacht v Hollywoodbets Sharks from Dexcom Stadium in Galway on April 4th plus Exeter Chiefs v Munster at Sandy Park and Ulster v Ospreys from Affidea Stadium in Belfast on April 5th.

The EPCR pool stages ihave delivered one of the most competitive and dramatic Round of 16 qualification stages in recent memory and now the countdown to the business end of international club rugby’s most prestigious tournaments officially begins.

On April 3rd, the action kicks off with Northampton Saints welcoming Castres to cinch stadium in a re-run of last season’s quarter-final which went Saints way as they headed to the 2025 final.

It’s then all set for Super Saturday on April 5thas Premier Sports hosts seven live games in one day.  EPCR Super Saturday includes two all-English clashes with Gallagher PREM champions Bath Rugby hosting three times Champions Cup trophy winners Saracens at The Rec (live on Premier Sports 3pm) plus Harlequins battle with Sale Sharks at the Twickenham Stoop at 8pm on Saturday night. These two last met in the Champions Cup in 2009/10.

RC Toulon, three-time champions, welcome DHL Stormers to Stade Mayol and in Scotland high-fliers Glasgow Warriors who topped their pool on maximum points host Vodacom Bulls at Scotstoun Stadium (5.30pm, Premier Sports). Bristol Bears, on the back of three wins in the pool stages, travel to the South of France to the home of six-time champions Toulouse (live on Premier Sports at 5.30pm UK).

April 5th sees reigning champions and top seeds Union Bordeaux Bègles host Leicester Tigers (3pm UK Premier Sports). Bordeaux beat Leicester in last season’s pool stage, while the two-time champions Leicester will be determined to go further than last year’s Round of 16 exit.

The finale to a packed Round of 16 weekend will be at the Aviva in Dublin where four-time winners Leinster Rugby welcome Edinburgh Rugby as hosts Leinster chase their elusive fifth star. Edinburgh are back in the knockouts for the first time since 2022/23 (live on Premier Sports 5.30pm).

Two times Champions Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio, who is part of the Premier Sports team throughout the EPCR season said:  “This season has already brought plenty of surprises and jeopardy and some great stories. It’s an incredible competition, the quality of rugby on show has been magnificent and now everything is on the line for the clubs in the knockout stages, as the intensity goes up another level. I loved being a part of this competition as a player. It is so hard to win, you only have to look at the quality now in the Round of 16 fixtures. There’s some great fixtures ahead and it will be a weekend not to miss so rugby fans can sit back, relax and enjoy 11 top-class international club rugby games over three days on Premier Sports. Where else can you get that level of sports entertainment for £11.99 a month.”

EPCR Round of 16 fixtures live on Premier Sports 

Friday 3 April

8pm Northampton Saints v Castres Olympique, cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens
8pm Connacht v Hollywoodbets Sharks, EPCR Challenge Cup, Dexcom Stadium

Saturday 4 April

12.30pm Exeter Chiefs v Munster, EPCR Challenge Cup, Sandy Park
3pm Bath Rugby  v Saracens, The Recreation Ground
3pm RC Toulon v DHL Stormers, Stade Mayol
5.30pm Glasgow Warriors v Vodacom Bulls, Scotstoun Stadium
5.30pm Stade Toulousain v Bristol Bears, Le Stadium de Toulouse
8pm Harlequins v Sale Sharks, Twickenham Stoop
8pm Ulster v Ospreys, Affidea Stadium

Sunday 5 April 

3pm Union Bordeaux Bègles v Leicester Tigers, Stade Chaban-Delmas
5.30pm Leinster Rugby v Edinburgh Rugby, Aviva Stadium

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