Four-time winners Leinster Rugby and Toulouse will face off for the third time this season when they meet in a Heineken Champions Cup semi-final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Sunday. The defending champions had to grind out a 21-18 win over fellow Irish province Ulster Rugby in the last eight while Toulouse swept aside Racing 92 in a thrilling 22-21 success in Paris. You can watch the semi-final with live free-to-air coverage on Channel 4 and Virgin Media as well as BT Sport, beIN SPORTS and FR2 from 15:15 BST. Pool positions Leinster Rugby: 1st, Pool 1, 25 points Toulouse: 2nd, Pool 1, 21 points Head-to-head record Leinster Rugby wins: 5 Draw: 0 Toulouse wins: 6 2018/19 points-scorers Leinster Rugby: Ross Byrne (42), Johnny Sexton (36), Sean Cronin (30) Toulouse: Thomas Ramos (43), Antoine Dupont (25), Maxime Medard & Sofiane Guitone (both 20) https://twitter.com/leinsterrugby/status/1118816762655645696 Key quotes Garry Ringrose (Leinster): “This match against Toulouse is really special. “The two teams want to make history by aiming for a fifth title. It will be a huge motivation for all the players.” Richie Gray (Toulouse): “We’ve been playing well, so we can take confidence from what we have done so far. “We weren’t as clinical as we could be against Leinster [in the defeat]. We dropped a few balls in key areas to let them off the hook. We’ll have to be a bit more clinical this weekend.” Team news

Leinster fly-half Johnny Sexton returns from injury to captain the side this weekend, while Rob Kearney starts at full-back and Cian Healy, Seán Cronin and Tadhg Furlong make up a formidable front trio.
The Toulouse XV includes wing duo Yoann Huget and Cheslin Kolbe as well as full-back Thomas Ramos and No.8 Jerome Kaino.

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This will be the 12th tournament meeting between Leinster and Toulouse (Leinster W5, Toulouse W6), and only Munster and Castres have clashed more often (16 times).
Leinster and Toulouse have met twice previously in the semi-finals, with Toulouse winning the 2010 contest at Le Stadium before Leinster emerged victorious at the Aviva Stadium in 2011; on both occasions the winning side went on to lift the trophy.
Leinster and Toulouse are both appearing in the semi-finals for the 11th time and only Munster (14, including 2018/19) have reached this stage more often. Toulouse have won six of their semi-finals, more than any other side.
Toulouse’s Cheslin Kolbe has beaten 45 defenders, seven more than any other player. Leinster’s Garry Ringrose ranks fourth with 29 defenders beaten.
Leinster’s Jordan Larmour and Toulouse’s Sofiane Guitoune are two of five players to have played the maximum 560 minutes from seven tournament matches this season.
James Ryan is one of just two players to have made 100+ tackles (107) and 100+ carries (103). Munster’s CJ Stander is the other. Three of the six players to make 12+ offloads this season are in the Toulouse squad - Sofiane Guitoune (16), Joe Tekori (16) and Thomas Ramos (12), while no one has made more than six for Leinster (Garry Ringrose 6).