Toulouse will go in search of consecutive Heineken Champions Cup semi-final appearances on Sunday but will have to see off determined opponents in Ulster Rugby at the Stade Ernest Wallon in order to do so. The French side eased into the last eight with six wins from as many matches, picking up 27 points in the process whilst Ulster won five match which was only good enough to secure a spot as one of three best runners-up. Toulouse v Ulster Rugby is available to watch from 12:30 (UK and Irish time) on Channel 4, Virgin Media, BT Sport, FR2 and beIN SPORTS. Pool positions Toulouse: 1st, Pool 5, 27 points Ulster: 2nd, Pool 3, 21 points Head-to-head record Toulouse wins: 3 Draws: 1 Ulster wins: 5 2019/20 point scorers Toulouse: Thomas Ramos (61), Romain Ntamack (28), 5 players (10). Ulster: John Cooney (71), 11 players (5). https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1306936028050214913 Key quotes

Pita Ahki (Toulouse): “They are a very hard-working team, just looking at the PRO14 semi-finals. They were down for the whole game and managed to grind it out. “They have big ball–carriers like Stuart McCloskey, who can offload, so we’ll be keeping an eye on them. That’s as well as players like [John] Cooney and [Alby] Mathewson off the bench."

Dan McFarland (Ulster): “If you watch them play, they’re certainly one of the best teams in Europe. Their size, speed and offload ability - trying to find a weakness in how they play is very difficult. “They have probably the best number nine in the world [Antoine Dupont], so it’s a challenge, but that’s a motivation in itself.

Match facts

Toulouse have reached the knockout stage for the 18th time in their history, the joint most of any club along with Munster.
Ulster have won two of their six previous quarter-finals, although one of their two victories at this stage was against Toulouse during their European Cup winning campaign in 1998/99 (also v Munster in 2012).
Toulouse are unbeaten in their last nine home games in the Heineken Champions Cup, winning their last eight in a row (D1), while Ulster have lost their last five games in France, each of those defeats coming by 15+ points.
Ulster have conceded just two first-half tries this season, fewer than any other side, while Toulouse have conceded the fewest in the second half of matches (1).
Ulster retained 31 of their 167 kicks from hand in the pool stage, more than any other side and almost double Toulouse’s tally (16). Only La Rochelle (21%) retained a higher proportion of their kicks than the Ulstermen (19%).
Ulster are the only club yet to be shown a card of any colour in the Heineken Champions Cup this season.
Toulouse have won 12 opposition lineouts, three more than any other side and 10 more than Ulster. Individually, no one has stolen more than François Cros (5, level with Scott Cummings, Peter O'Mahony and Gerbrandt Grobler).
Only Racing 92’s Camille Chat (27) has made more dominant carries this season than Ulster duo Marcell Coetzee and Stuart McCloskey (20 each).
Just eight players have played every minute in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup pool stage, and half are from Ulster (Iain Henderson, Jacob Stockdale, Luke Marshall and Stuart McCloskey) while Toulouse’s Sofiane Guitoune is one of the other four (also Scott Cummings, James Lowe and Boris Palu).