Match Facts

Leinster Rugby have won nine of their previous 10 Champions Cup matches against Northampton Saints (L1), including each of their last five and their only previous meeting in the knockout stages of the competition, which came in the 2010/11 final (33-22) – however, Leinster’s only previous defeat against the Saints came on home soil (9-18 in December 2013).

Leinster Rugby have won four of their last five Champions Cup semi-final matches, including each of their last two by margins of 19+ points each and could become just the fourth team to reach three consecutive finals in the competition after Stade Toulousain (2002/03-2004/05), RC Toulon (2012/13-2014/15) and Stade Rochelais (2020/21-2022/23) – Northampton Saints have won two of their previous three ties at this stage of the tournament.

Only Sale Sharks (48%) have prevented have prevented their opponents crossing the gainline from a higher share of their carries than Leinster Rugby (34.2%) in this season’s Champions Cup – Leinster have also conceded the joint-fewest line breaks per game of any team in the competition (4.2).

Northampton Saints have made more tackles per game than any other side in this season’s Champions Cup (159.5), doing so while maintaining the second highest tackle success rate of any team in the competition (88.6%, Glasgow Warriors – 90.3%).

Leinster Rugby’s Caelan Doris has beaten more defenders than any other forward in this season’s Champions Cup (21), while Northampton Saints’ Juarno Augustus has the highest dominant carry rate among all 125 forwards to have made 20+ carries in the competition this term (69.4%).