Saracens head to reigning champions Stade Rochelais in a monumental Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final at Stade Marcel Deflandre on Sunday afternoon. The Gallagher Premiership side are three-time winners of EPCR’s elite competition themselves, but La Rochelle have been a leading force in recent seasons, reaching back-to-back Heineken Champions Cup finals and lifting the trophy in Marseille last year. Saracens, who have never faced La Rochelle in the Heineken Champions Cup, finished fourth Pool A after winning three games from four before defeating Ospreys 35-20 in the Round of 16 at StoneX Stadium. Meanwhile, La Rochelle topped Pool B with four wins from four but needed a last-gasp Teddy Thomas try to see off Gloucester Rugby 29-26 at home in the Round of 16. The game kicks off at 15:00 (UK & Irish time) and is available to watch on France TV, beIN SPORTS, BT Sport, ITV, SuperSport and FloRugby. Key quote Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall: “There will be another battle, which is very exciting because we’ve never been to La Rochelle before and they’re the reigning champions. Gloucester might have poked the bear a little bit.” https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1643569504922861569 Stade Rochelais

Antoine Hastoy is the leading points-scorer in the Heineken Champions Cup with 59. He has attempted more shots at goal than any other player (30), currently operating with a success rate of 77%.
From his 82 carries – 37 of which have been pick-and-gos - Grégory Alldritt has made the joint-most contact metres in the competition (100).
La Rochelle have set up a tournament-high five mauls which have travelled 10 metres or further. They have made the second-highest total maul metres (130).
The 2022 champions have the highest rate of scrum success this season (97%). They have also won the most penalties on their own feed (13).

Saracens

Ben Earl made the most metres in contact in the Round of 16 (32).
Nick Tompkins made more offloads than any other player who qualified last weekend, a total of four.
Saracens have scored as many maul tries as any other team.
They also have the highest rate of carry dominance of the sides remaining in the tournament (29%).