Keith Earls needs one more try to score his 20th in the Champions Cup, he’d be the third player to achieve this for Munster after Simon Zebo and Anthony Foley (both 23).

Between them either Munster or Toulouse (or both) have appeared in nine of the 25 Champions Cup finals, although neither has reached that stage since 2009/10 (Toulouse).

This match pits the side with the most Champions Cup appearances, Munster (182), against the side with the third most, Toulouse (175).

Toulouse have won both of their last two away games against Irish opponents in the Champions Cup, beating both Connacht and Ulster in 2020, that is as many wins as they’d managed in their previous 10 such matches.

At home, Munster have won nine of their 10 knock-out games in the Champions Cup, Ulster in 2012 the only side to beat them in such a match

Munster are unbeaten in 16 home games in the Heineken Champions Cup (W15, D1), their last such defeat coming in 2015 against Leicester Tigers.

Munster have hosted Toulouse twice before in the Heineken Champions Cup, winning both encounters by large margins, 47-23 in the 2013/14 quarter-finals and 41-16 in the 2016/17 quarter-finals.

If selected for the match against Toulouse, Munster’s CJ Stander will make his 50th tournament appearance.