What lessons have Bordeaux-Begles learned? 

Matthieu Jalibert and Damian Penaud were notable absentees against Harlequins last season because of injury at the business end of a long and difficult campaign. Both are fit and in the starting line-up this time around.

Union Bordeaux-Bègles' Damian Penaud. Pic: Billy Stickland/Inpho

Munster will find out this afternoon exactly how much Top 14 opponents Bordeaux have learned from their exit from last season’s Champions Cup at the same stage.

This quarter-final is one of two fixed points in seasonal rugby space and time for the French side.