Stunning shocks, desperate rearguards and crushing victories: Ranking the best of the provinces’ European quarter-finals

This was supposed to be the day Leinster and Saracens met in the last eight of the Champions Cup.

What a game it would have been - the last two champions, a repeat of the final from last May, and a contest framed by the Sarries pay scandal and England's recent dominance of Ireland at a time when both countries are awash with representatives from the two clubs.