Leinster set to lay Toulon bogey to rest and move on to last eight

It started with a quarter-final at a sun-kissed Stade Mayol seven years ago when the hosts claimed a comfortable 15-point win

Brian O'Driscoll late in the 2014 meeting between the sides. It was O'Driscoll's - and Leo Cullen's - last European tie with the province. Picure: INPHO/Billy Stickland

If Saracens have been a thorn in Leinster’s side then that’s nothing to how Toulon used to get under their skin.

Defeats to the English outfit have frustrated the province’s ambition to stitch a fifth star on their chests recently but the Top 14 giants once came out on top against them in every one of four meetings stitched across three successive seasons.