BIG games, big clashes and a big prize at the end of it all — the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals look set to provide some classic contests right out of the top drawer of European action.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has named a 25-man squad for Saturday’s Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final clash with Brive at the Stade Municipal, kick-off 2.00pm.

Leinster will confirm this afternoon whether Jonathan Sexton will start tomorrow's Heineken Cup semi-final against Toulouse.

EVERYBODY we meet this past couple of days is interested in either a) getting to San Sebastian for Munster v Biarritz in one of the Heineken Cup semi-finals or b) getting to Toulouse for Leinster v Toulouse in the other semi-final.

WORLD champions South Africa suffered a second successive loss on their northern hemisphere tour as France triumphed in Toulouse last night.

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Leinster and Munster will both be looking to bounce back from last weekend's defeats when the second round of Heineken Cup games continues this afternoon.

Rob Kearney returns to full-back for Leinster for tomorrow's Heineken Cup Pool 6 encounter with Brive in the Stade Municipal, Brive (KO: 3.45pm Irish).

Leinster will look to their leaders in a predictable squad to play Brive in Saturday's Heineken Cup Pool 6 encounter in the Stade Municipal, Brive (kick off: 3.45pm Irish time).

Paris St Germain climbed out of the Ligue 1 relegation zone as goals by Amara Diane and Sylvain Armand helped see off second-placed Lens today.