Here is everything you need to know as Ulster travel to Franklin's Gardens to take on Northampton Saints in the Quarter Final of the Challenge Cup.
MATCH DETAILS
- Date: Saturday 10 April 2021
- Kick-Off: 8:00 pm
- Venue: Franklin's Gardens
- Competition: Challenge Cup Quarter Final
- Match Officials: Ref: Alexandre Ruiz (France) Assis Ref 1: Jack Makepeace (England) Assis Ref 2: Jonathan Healy (England) TMO: Patrick Dellac (France)
- Live TV: BT Sport
TEAM NEWS
Our hosts this evening:
Those Saints 😍
Here’s how we line up for our @ERChallengeCup quarter-final against Ulster. pic.twitter.com/j4ndgHxebd — Northampton Saints 😇 (@SaintsRugby) April 9, 2021
KEY STATS
- Northampton Saints will play their sixth quarter final in the Challenge Cup, winning two of the previous five; however, one of their two wins at this stage came against Connacht in 2009 (42-13), on their way to lifting the trophy that year.
- Saints have lost their last five European fixtures (all Heineken Champions Cup) against Irish opposition.
- Ulster have won five of their last seven away games against a Premiership team in European competition.
- Only two players made more carries than Sean Reidy (16) in the Challenge Cup Round of 16 last weekend, whilst Nick Timoney made the joint third most tackles (23).
- Sean Reidy and Rob Herring both grabbed a brace of tries against Harlequins in the Round of 16, two of just five forwards with multiple tries overall in the Challenge Cup this season.