Pool placing

Pool 4 winners Racing 92 navigated the ‘Pool of Death’ by beating every side at home. However, a 21-21 draw at Munster Rugby in Round 2 and a 27-24 Round 6 loss at Saracens meant the French club slid into the fifth seeding slot.

Lockdown news

Racing have limited their signings to versatile Australia back Kurtley Beale from Waratahs, Australian lock Luke Jones from Rebels and full-back Donovan Taofifenua from ASM Clermont Auvergne. Meanwhile, full-back Brice Dulin and prop Ben Tameifuna have left the club for La Rochelle and Bordeaux-Bègles respectively.

Quarter-final record

Racing have previously reached the quarter-finals of the Heineken Champions Cup four times, but have only progressed twice – in 2015/16 and 2017/18, when they made the final.

European history

Those two Heineken Champions Cup final appearances have been the Parisian club’s best performances in Europe so far. They lost 21-9 to Saracens in 2016 in Lyon and 15-12 to Leinster Rugby in Bilbao in 2018.

With the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals just around the corner, we are taking an in-depth look at all eight sides who will be competing for a spot in the showpiece final in October and today it is Racing’s turn to come under the microscope.