Munster Rugby will have history on their side when they host defending champions Stade Toulousain in the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday. The Irish province have won the most quarter-finals of any team in the competition with their tally of 14, including their last five - a run that features two victories against Toulouse (47-23 in 2013/14 and 41-16 in 2016/17). They face off at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium at 15:00 UK and Irish time in a tie televised live by BT Sport, France 2 and beIN SPORTS. Other key stats:

Munster Rugby have won four of their previous seven Heineken Champions Cup encounters against Stade Toulousain, including a victory in the 2007/08 final (16-13). However, they lost their most recent clash with the five-time champions (33-40 in last season’s Round of 16).
Munster and Stade Toulousain will each be playing in their 19th quarter-final in the Heineken Champions Cup. No other club have played as many fixtures at this stage of the competition.
Stade Toulousain have won their last three quarter-final ties in the Heineken Champions Cup after losing their previous three in a row, two of those defeats coming against Munster.
Stade Toulousain have won their last four Heineken Champions Cup away games against Irish teams, this after losing their previous five such matches. Their last three wins in Ireland have each come by exactly seven points.
Munster are one of two teams remaining in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup not to have conceded a single try that originated from a scrum. Additionally, 20% of their own tries have originated from scrums, the highest percentage of any side remaining in this season’s competition.
No side have forced more opposition turnovers in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup than Munster (48). Additionally, no team left in the competition have conceded more turnovers this season than Stade Toulousain (70).
Stade Toulousain have beaten an average of 30 defenders per game in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup. Only Leinster (31) have averaged more in the competition in 2021/22.
No player has claimed more lineouts in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup than Munster’s Peter O’Mahony (36). O’Mahony has also stolen at least three more opposition lineouts than any other player this season (7).
Stade Toulousain’s Antoine Dupont has beaten 18 defenders in his three Heineken Champions Cup appearances this season. His average of six defenders beaten per game is the most of any player to feature more than once in the competition in 2021/22.

https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1521565663998971904?s=20&t=FdZic-GdbooX8B6Toow9Lw Key quote: Johann van Graan (Munster head coach): “We believe this will go right to the very end. One big difference this year is we have the red army travelling to Dublin. We are banking on our 16th man to make a massive difference on Saturday.”