Simon Lewis compares the sides ahead of Sunday’s Champions Cup opener.

Rassie Erasmus will have no issue if his Munster side faces the Racing 92 trio currently facing doping allegations when the Champions Cup rivals clash in Paris on Sunday.

Racing 92 sealed a home quarter-final tie in the European Champions Cup with a record victory over Scarlets in Paris.

Northampton 9 Racing 92 9: Northampton’s England contingent failed to make an impression as Eddie Jones resumed his busy pre-Christmas scouting tour of the Aviva Premiership clubs last night.

Argentina 43 Ireland 20: So the wait goes on. Ireland’s quest for a first World Cup semi-final appearance had never been in better hands and yet here we all are again, staring into the abyss for another four years after another deeply disappointing demise at the last-eight stage.

Argentina piled on World Cup misery on Ireland once again by reaching the last four of the competition with a 43-20 victory in Cardiff this afternoon.

Argentina 45 Tonga 16: Argentina captain Agustin Creevy revealed Diego Maradona’s dressing room dance has driven them to push for Rugby World Cup glory.

New Zealand 26 Argentina 16: World champions New Zealand got the defence of their crown off to a winning start, but not until shaking off a terrible opening period in front of a Rugby World Cup record crowd at Wembley yesterday.

Racing Metro 92 11 Saracens 12: Marcelo Bosch basked in the gratitude of his team-mates after kicking Saracens into the semi-finals of the Champions Cup in dramatic scenes in north Paris.

Australia 32 Argentina 25

Clermont Auvergne 28 Racing Metro 3

Edinburgh 3 Racing Metro 15

Wales 12 Argentina 26

Argentina 19 Australia 25

Cardiff Blues 36 Racing Metro 30

Edinburgh 48 Racing Metro 47

Argentina 25 Georgia 7

Argentina 43 Romania 8