Sunday start will help clear qualification picture for Munster

While Leinster, needing a victory over Ospreys at the RDS to win Pool 1, get the ball rolling on Friday, it will be almost 48 hours before they learn their quarter-final opponents — assuming they beat the Welsh region in Dublin, of course.
Munster, on the other hand, will kick off at Thomond Park on Sunday afternoon with a fair indication of whether they will be playing their last-eight knockout tie on the weekend of April 4/5/6 back in Limerick or further afield.