Munster to face Exeter Chiefs in Champions Cup knockout stages

Leinster and Connacht will go head to head in the round of 16 while Ulster face up to Toulouse over the two legs

Billy Holland of Munster steals an Exeter lineout from Sam Skinner of Exeter Chiefs during the Heineken Champions Cup game at Thomond Park in 2019. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

English opposition for Munster, the reigning French and European champions for Ulster and an old-fashioned Irish interpro for Leinster and Connacht, albeit with all those Heineken Champions Cup round of 16 ties being decided over two legs.

Johann van Graan and Munster’s reward for their third-place finish in Pool B is a brace of contests with Exeter Chiefs, who lost away to Montpellier on Sunday. The first of them will be played in the UK on the weekend of 8-10 April with the return in Limerick the following weekend.