Champions Cup Last 16 Team News and Line-Ups
Bath v Saracens is one of two all-English Champions Cup last-16 matches on Saturday, the other being Harlequins v Sale.
The Champions Cup has reached the last-16 stage, with eight matches scheduled from 3 to 5 April.
There are seven English sides, four French, two each from Scotland and South Africa, plus Leinster representing Ireland.
The winners will progress to the quarter-finals next weekend, while the losers will be eliminated from the competition.
Live text updates of selected matches are available on the website and app, with live radio commentary of key games on .
All team news and line-ups for this weekend's matches are detailed below.
Northampton v Castres
Venue: Franklin's Gardens
Date: Friday, 3 April
Kick-off: 20:00 BST
Anthony Belleau starts at fly-half for Northampton in place of the injured Fin Smith, as the team makes six changes.
With Trevor Davison and Manny Iyogun both unavailable, Danilo Fischetti starts at loose-head prop, Luke Green retains tight-head prop, and Craig Wright replaces Curtis Langdon at hooker.
Callum Chick comes in at number eight, Henry Pollock moves to open-side flanker, and Tom Pearson is on the bench.
England centre Fraser Dingwall partners in-form Tom Litchfield in midfield, while George Furbank captains the Premiership leaders from full-back.
Castres ended a three-match losing streak by defeating bottom-side Montauban last weekend, moving to 10th place in the Top 14.
The team is captained by flanker Baptiste Delaporte, with former All Blacks centre Jack Goodhue a key player in the backs.
Northampton: Furbank (capt); Freeman, Litchfield, Dingwall, Ramm; Belleau, McParland; Fischetti, Wright, Green, Lockett, Van der Mescht, Kemeny, Pollock, Chick.
Replacements: Langdon, West, Kundiona, Prowse, Munga, Pearson, Weimann, Hutchinson.
Castres: Chabouni; Ambadiang, Botitu, Goodhue, Karawalevu; Herve, Fernandez; Walcker, Durand-Pradere, Corato, Ducat, Vanverberghe, Delaporte (capt), Ardron, Papalii.
Replacements: Colonna, Guerois-Galisson, Azar, Maravat, Cope, Ramototabua, Arata, Palis.
Match Officials
Assistant referees: Morne Ferreira (South Africa), Jonny MacKenzie (Scotland)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Friday, 3 April, kick-off 20:00 BST
Listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Radio Northampton and , with the second half on BBC Radio 5 Live. Follow live text updates on the website and app.
Bath v Saracens
Venue: The Rec
Date: Saturday, 4 April
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Bath make wholesale changes to the side that defeated Sale in the Premiership last weekend, retaining only Joe Cokanasiga and Santi Carreras. Johann van Graan's key players return to a team captained by scrum-half Ben Spencer.
Spencer partners Finn Russell in the half-backs, with England internationals Ollie Lawrence, Max Ojomoh, and Henry Arundell forming the back line.
Beno Obano, Tom Dunn, and Archie Griffin return to the front row, while Josh Bayliss, Guy Pepper, and Alfie Barbeary form a strong back row.
Saracens, who suffered a 62-15 loss to Bath at The Rec on 20 March, make three changes from their narrow defeat against Northampton. England captain Maro Itoje leads the side.
Jamie George starts at hooker, Noah Caluori on the wing, and Fergus Burke at fly-half, with Owen Farrell moving to midfield alongside Nick Tompkins.
Elliot Daly, recently signed to a new contract, is at full-back, and the back row of Theo McFarland, Andy Onyeama-Christie, and Tom Willis remains unchanged.
Bath: Carreras; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Ojomoh, Arundell; Russell, Spencer (capt); Obano, Dunn, Griffin, Roux, Ewels, Bayliss, Pepper, Barbeary.
Replacements: Tuipulotu, Van Wyk, Du Toit, Hill, Underhill, Van der Linde, Redpath, Reid.
Saracens: Daly; Caluori, Tompkins, Farrell, Elliott; Burke, Bracken; Carre, George, Street, Itoje (capt), Tizard, McFarland, Onyeama-Christie, Willis.
Replacements: Dan, Mawi, Riccioni, Wilson, Michelow, Van Zyl, Lozowski, Malins.
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant referees: Ben Connor (Wales), Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
Saturday, 3 April - kick-off 15:00 BST
Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, , BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio London. Follow live text updates on the website and app.
Toulon v Stormers
Venue: Stade Felix Mayol
Date: Saturday, 4 April
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Three-time winners Toulon will be captained by former England international David Ribbans, with Kyle Sinckler in the front row and Scotland scrum-half Ben White starting.
Zach Mercer is named among the substitutes alongside 43-year-old, 103-cap All Black Ma'a Nonu.
Springbok scrum-half Cobus Reinach returns from injury as the Stormers travel to southern France. International teammates Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Deon Fourie are named as replacements.
Toulon: Domon; Drean, Brex, Frisch, Tuicuvu; Albornoz, White; Gros, Baubigny, Sinckler, Mezou, Ribbans (capt), Kpoku, Ollivon, Shioshvili.
Replacements: Lucchesi, Priso, Gigashvili, Javakhia, Halagahu, Mercer, Ferte, Nonu.
Stormers: Gelant; Willemse, Nel (capt), Du Plessis, Zas; Matthee, Reinach; Kebble, Venter, Fouche, Smith, Evans, De Villiers, Dayimani, Roos.
Replacements: Fourie, Mchunu, Porthen, Schickerling, Theunissen, Khan, Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Simelane.
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (England), John Meredith (England)
Follow live text updates on the website and app.
Glasgow v Bulls
Venue: Scotstoun Stadium
Date: Saturday, 4 April
Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Captain Kyle Steyn and four other Scotland internationals return to Glasgow Warriors' starting line-up for their Champions Cup last-16 match against Bulls.
Steyn leads from the wing, with tight-head prop Zander Fagerson, number eight Jack Dempsey, and back-row players Matt Fagerson and Rory Darge also returning after Six Nations duty.
George Horne, rested for last weekend's URC win over Benetton, starts at scrum-half, with Dan Lancaster preferred at fly-half over Adam Hastings. Huw Jones is not in the squad, with Stafford McDowall at outside centre.
Bulls retain Handre Pollard and Embrose Papier in half-back positions following their narrow home win over Munster last weekend. Springbok full-back Willie Le Roux is replaced by David Kriel.
Experienced number eight Nizaam Carr is injured, replaced by Cameron Hanekom in the forwards.
Glasgow: McKay; Steyn (capt), McDowall, Tuipulotu, Smith; Lancaster, Horne; Schickerling, Hiddleston, Z Fagerson, Williamson, Samuel, M Fagerson, Darge, Dempsey.
Replacements: Stephen, Bhatti, Talakai, Oguntibeju, Ferrie, Fraser, Afshar, Hastings.
Bulls: Kriel; Jooste, Moodie, Vorster, Arendse; Pollard, Papier; Steenekamp, Grobbelaar, Klopper, Vermaak, Nortje, Coetzee (capt), Louw, Hanekom.
Replacements: Van Staden, Wessels, Smith, Wiese, Rudolph, Burger, Gans, Le Roux.
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
Assistant referees: Vincent Blasco Baque (France), Julien Caulier (France)
Listen on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and . Follow live text updates on the website and app.
Toulouse v Bristol
Venue: Stade de Toulouse
Date: Saturday, 4 April
Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Winger Kalaveti Ravouvou will make his 50th appearance for Bristol Bears when they face six-time winners Toulouse in the first-ever meeting between the two clubs.
Gabriel Ibitoye and Wales international Louis Rees-Zammit form the back three, with Benhard Janse van Rensburg returning to the starting XV.
Bristol make one change to the pack from last weekend's defeat by Harlequins, with Benjamin Grondona replacing his injured older brother Santiago at number eight. Steven Luatua and skipper Fitz Harding complete the back row.
Thomas Ramos, a recent Six Nations winner with France, starts at full-back for Toulouse, with scrum-half Antoine Dupont and Jack Willis included in the starting lineup.
Fly-half Romain Ntamack continues his comeback after missing the Six Nations with injury, while Teddy Thomas and Matthis Lebel are on the wings.
Toulouse: Ramos; Thomas, Gourgues, Barassi, Lebel; Ntamack; Dupont (capt); Ainu'u, Mauvaka, Aldegheri, Flament, Meafou, Cros, Willis, Jelonch.
Replacements: Lacombre, Mallez, Merkler, Brennan, Banos, Graou, Chocobares, Kinghorn.
Bristol: Rees-Zammit; Ravouvou, Van Rensburg, Williams, Ibitoye; Jordan, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Kloska, Dun, Owen, Luatua, Harding (capt), Grondona.
Replacements: Thacker, Woolmore, Lahiff, Taylor, Ivanishvili, Marmion, Moroni, Heward.
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Federico Vedovelli (Italy), Alberto Favaro (Italy)
Listen on BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2. Follow live text updates on the website and app.
Harlequins v Sale
Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Date: Saturday, 4 April
Kick-off: 20:00 BST
England international Marcus Smith returns at fly-half for Harlequins after missing last weekend's Premiership victory against Bristol Bears.
Will Evans returns in the back row, one of four changes from that match.
Sale and England prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour makes his first appearance since November following recovery from elbow and shoulder injuries.
Dan du Preez and Gus Warr start at number eight and scrum-half respectively, while Rob du Preez and Raffi Quirke are sidelined due to injuries.
Harlequins: David; Isgro, Northmore, Bradley, Murley; Smith, Townsend; Kerrod, Walker, Delgado, Treadwell, Williams, Petti, Evans, Dombrandt (capt).
Replacements: Turner, Hobson, Streeter, Cunningham-South, Carr, Kenningham, Friday, Evans.
Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, Louw, Ma'asi-White, O'Flaherty; Ford, Warr; Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Opoku-Fordjour, Van Rhyn (capt), Bamber, Vermeulen, Dugdale, Du Preez.
Replacements: Jibulu, McIntyre, Harper, Logan, Gilmore, Hanson, Davies, Wills.
Assistant referees: Thomas Charabas (France), Jonathan Gasnier (France)
Bordeaux Begles v Leicester
Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Date: Sunday, 5 April
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Defending champions Bordeaux have named several French internationals in their starting XV.
Matthieu Jalibert is at fly-half, with France's all-time leading try-scorer Damian Penaud starting at centre. Louis Bielle-Biarrey, recently named Six Nations player of the tournament for the second consecutive year, starts on the wing.
Experienced Australia international James O'Connor starts at fly-half for Leicester, replacing Billy Searle in the team that defeated Gloucester in the Premiership last weekend.
Adam Radwan is selected on the wing, making his first start for Tigers since mid-January.
Bordeaux: Rayasi; Uberti, Penaud, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Jalibert, Lucu (capt), Poirot, Lamothe, Sadie, Palu, Coleman, Vergnes-Taillefer, Woki, Gazzotti.
Replacements: Barlot, Perchaud, Tameifuna, Bochaton, Matiu, Retiere, Reus, Van Rensburg.
Leicester: Steward; Radwan, Perese, Woodward, Hassell-Collins; O'Connor, Van Poortvliet; Van der Flier, Blamire, Hurd, Liebenberg (capt), Wells, Moro, Manz, Cracknell.
Replacements: Clare, Haffar, Loman, Henderson, Palmer, Whiteley, Searle, Wand.
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Peter Martin (Ireland), Padraic Reidy (Ireland)
Bielle-Biarrey named men's Six Nations best player
Ex-England prop Vunipola among four Leicester signings
Listen on BBC Radio Leicester, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and . Follow live text updates on the website and app.
Leinster v Edinburgh
Venue: Aviva Stadium
Date: Sunday, 5 April
Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Harry Byrne will start at fly-half for Leinster, with Ireland number 10 Sam Prendergast not included in the matchday squad.
Ryan Baird is selected in the second row for his first appearance since October after recovering from a broken leg, while New Zealand centre Rieko Ioane replaces the injured Garry Ringrose.
Edinburgh make two changes to their starting XV, both among the forwards.
D'arcy Rae returns from a calf injury, replacing Paul Hill at prop, and Ben Muncaster recovers from concussion to start at number eight, replacing injured club captain Magnus Bradbury (ankle).
Leinster: Keenan; T O'Brien, Ioane, Osborne, J O'Brien; Byrne, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Furlong, McCarthy, Baird, Conan, Van der Flier, Doris (capt).
Replacements: McCarthy, Usanov, Clarkson, Deeny, Deegan, McGrath, Frawley, Henshaw.
Edinburgh: O'Conor; Graham, Currie, Lang, Satala; Thompson, Shiel; Schoeman, Ashman, Rae, Sykes, Gilchrist (capt), McConnell, Richardson, Muncaster.
Replacements: Blyth-Lafferty, Venter, Hill, Young, Douglas, Vellacott, Tuipulotu, Brown.
Assistant referees: Hamish Smales (England), Joe James (England)
