Stade Rochelais lost 40-13 to Leinster in the Champions Cup quarter-final. The Maritimes were beaten by the Irish in the last two editions of the competition.

The French side will now have to concentrate on the Top 14 next weekend in Castres. The Irish will now play in the final of the tournament in May 2023. The match was played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, with a sell-out crowd of 40,000. The game was a repeat of last year's final, which the Irish won by the same margin. Leinsters will now face Saracens in the semi-final of the final in May. The final will be played at Twickenham, with the final to be played in Paris in May 2022. The winner of this year's Champions Cup will be crowned champion of Europe in May 2019. The other semifinal will be held in Paris on May 21, with both sides playing at the Parc des Princes.