An Irish team will head Aviva Stadium will be the venue of the Heineken Cup semi-final (credit - stadiumireland.com)

A semi-final at the Aviva Stadium awaits the victors of this weekend’s All-Ireland clash between Ulster and Munster in the Heineken Cup quarter final at Thomond Park.

The ERC confirmed earlier that the winning province will face either Edinburgh or Toulouse at the Lansdowne Road venue on Saturday, April 28^th

Meanwhile, Leinster face a trip to Twickenham – also the venue for this year’s final –  or in Bordeaux, if they manage to to overcome the Cardiff Blues on Saturday. The winners of that game would face Saracens or Clermont Auvergne at the next stage.

There was been mixed news on the injury front for the three remaining provinces this week.

Paul O’Connell, Donnacha Ryan, David Wallace and Conor Murray all return to the Munster squad after injuries, while Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris remains a major doubt despite being named Ravenhill outfit’s provisional, 34-man, squad.

BJ Botha and Keith Earls both sustained minor rib injuries last weekend’s RaboPro12 defeat to Leinster, but will shake them off in time for the Heineken Cup quarter-final.

Ulster will be looking to repeat their comfortable Rabo result from earlier in the season, but things are unlikely to be so straight forward this time around:

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