La Rochelle Vs. Munster Rugby: Investec Champions Cup Watch Guide
La Rochelle Vs. Munster Rugby: Investec Champions Cup Watch Guide
Munster Rugby legend Ronan O'Gara faces his former club in the Investec Champions Cup Round of 16 as the head coach of La Rochelle Rugby.
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Ronan O’Gara played in 240 matches and scored 2,625 points in his illustrious career where he established himself as perhaps the greatest player to ever play for Munster Rugby for nearly two decades from 1997-2013.
But at 12:30 p.m. on April 5, he won’t be a man of Munster.
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O’Gara has established himself as one of the best club rugby coaches in the game today, leading La Rochelle Rugby to back-to-back Investec Champions Cups in 2022 and 2023. He has built La Rochelle into one of Europe's most dominant teams since taking over as coach in 2019.
While O’Gara is under contract with La Rochelle until 2027, there have been murmurings of late that O’Gara maybe moving on before then. And one of those murmurings came last fall when the Munster Rugby job opened.
O’Gara didn’t leave, and Munster chose Clayton McMillian, the coach of the Chiefs in Super Rugby and the All Blacks XV coach instead. O’Gara didn’t quite like the hire, saying he was “uneasy.”
And that’s the backdrop for the Investec Champions Cup Round of 16’s most interesting match.
La Rochelle is hosting Munster Rugby, which still is being led by interim coach Ian Costello, who will move to the general manager role this summer when McMillian takes over.
Munster’s URC season has not gone as planned with a 7-0-7 record after having the best record a year ago.
But Munster finished third in Pool 3 of the Champions Cup and began to turn the season around. The team fired its previous coach Graham Rowntree just a few weeks before Round 1 of Pool play.
La Rochelle, meanwhile, finished second in Pool 2 and nearly beat Leinster before losing 16-14.
And now they host Leinster’s biggest rival, Munster, at 12:30 p.m. on April 5. And it’s streaming live. Here’s what to know:
How To Watch La Rochelle Vs. Munster Rugby In Investec Champions Cup Round of 16
The match is streaming live on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States and all of North America.
When Do The Investec Champions Cup Playoffs Begin In 2025?
The Investec Champions Cup Playoffs kick off with the Round of 16 on April 4, as the Northampton Saints take on Clermont Rugby. The remaining seven games of the round will be played April 5-6.
The quarterfinals will follow from April 11-13, with a short break until the semifinals on May 2-4.
The Champions Cup Final will take place at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on May 24.
Investec Champions Cup Round Of 16 Fixtures
Friday, April 4
- Northampton Saints (3) vs. ASM Clermont Auvergne (14) - cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens
Saturday, April 5
- RC Toulon (4) vs. Saracens (13) - Stade Félix Mayol
- Leinster Rugby (2) vs. Harlequins (15) - Croke Park
- Castres Olympique (6) vs. Benetton Rugby (11) - Stade Pierre-Fabre
- Stade Rochelais (8) vs. Munster Rugby (9) - Stade Marcel Deflandre
- Glasgow Warriors (7) vs. Leicester Tigers (10) - Scotstoun Stadium
Sunday, April 6
- Union Bordeaux-Bègles (1) vs. Ulster Rugby (16) - Stade Chaban-Delmas
- Stade Toulousain (5) vs. Sale Sharks (12) - Stadium Municipal de Toulouse
Investec Champions Cup Weekends
- Round 1 – 6/7/8 December 2024
- Round 2 – 13/14/15 December 2024
- Round 3 – 10/11/12 January 2025
- Round 4 – 17/18/19 January 2025
- Round of 16 – 4/5/6 April 2025
- Quarterfinals – 11/12/13 April 2025
- Semifinals – 2/3/4 May 2025
- 2025 Investec Champions Cup final – Saturday, May 24, Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Investec Champions Cup Format
Key points of the 2024-2025 Investec Champions Cup:
- A multi-pool format, as launched in the 2023-2024 season
- 24 elite clubs - eight each from the Gallagher Premiership, URC and TOP 14 - in four pools of six
- Sporting jeopardy, with each club playing against four different opponents, home or away, in the pool stage
- Four highest-ranked clubs in each pool qualify for the Round of 16
- The Investec Champions Cup will be played over eight weekends, with four pool rounds and four knockout rounds culminating in the 2025 final, which will be staged at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Saturday, May 24.
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