Connacht Rugby qualified for the European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter-finals by finishing second to Sale Sharks in Pool 3. They meet the English side again in the last eight at Salford's AJ Bell Stadium on March 29, live on BT Sport and beIN SPORTS. Here we pick out five key players for the Irish province. Bundee Aki Aki, 28, has been a powerful presence in the Connacht centre, both in defence and attack, for the past four seasons. This term the Irish international has played in four games so far, scoring a try in the 22-10 home victory over Perpignan in December. Jack Carty The only match that Connacht lost in the pool stages – at Sale Sharks – was one of the two that the goal-kicking fly-half missed. The 26-year-old, who has scored 27 points in his four Challenge Cup games so far this season, has caught the eye of Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt, making his Test debut against Italy in February. James Connolly The back-row forward is among the top 10 tacklers in the Challenge Cup so far this campaign with 63 in Connacht’s six Pool 3 ties and was named man of the match in their 36-21 success at Perpignan. Matt Healy Healy’s two tries in the 33-27 victory at Bordeaux-Bègles in Round 6 took him in joint fifth place in the list of all-time Challenge Cup try-scorers with 19. The 29-year-old wing, who made his Challenge Cup debut in 2014, also dotted down in the win at Perpignan in December. Quinn Roux It has been quite a season for the giant lock so far. The South African-born 28-year-old, who won the Challenge Cup with Leinster Rugby in 2013, scored his first European try in the Round 6 win at Bordeaux-Bègles and notched his first Six Nations try for Ireland in February against Italy.