Tom Varndell
Former England and Leicester wing on BBC Radio Leicester

We said about taking opportunities and what an opportunity that was. It was just that forward pass, but they were in, Hassell-Collins was walking in!

Matthieu Jalibert is under pressure on his line and kicks to halfway, but Leicester run it back until a loose pass on the left wing is forward.

Tigers were pegging the European champions back at the start, until a scrum penalty means the hosts can boot the ball downfield.

The Stade Chaban-Delmas is a fine sight in the sun and packed to the rafters as Leicester's James O’Connor kicks off!

It's fine and warm in south-west France, a total contrast to the stormy conditions that some of yesterday's games were played in. Not that it prevented attacking rugby - will we see them same here?

We're about to find out...

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Leicester head coach Geoff Parling, speaking to Premier Sports:

"We've trained well this week, we know what a challenge Bordeaux pose, especially off transitions and unstructured play. It's a huge challenge for us.

"When we arrived, it was great to see so may Tigers supporters cheering us on.

"We'll decide how we want to play out there and we need to make sure we put our game on top of them."

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Tom Varndell
Former England and Leicester wing on BBC Radio Leicester

Some of these guys have obviously experienced playing against Bordeaux and it is like nothing you would experience in England.

The intensity of it, how vocal the French fans are, they absolutely love their rugby here.

When you've got the sun cooking you as well, it's going to be very intense and they're going to feel the pressure, they really are.

But this is what these guys want to play in, they want to play against the best teams in Europe and they don't come much tougher than Bordeaux.

It will be one heck of an experience because this is Champions Cup rugby and knockout rugby, and it will definitely feel like that today.

Friday, 10 April (20:00 BST)

• Bath v Northampton

Saturday, 11 April (15:00 BST)

• Glasgow Warriors v Toulon

Those are the two quarter-finals confirmed so far. Bordeaux will host Toulouse if they win today, while Leicester would visit Toulouse if they claim victory.

The winner of tonight's Leinster-Edinburgh tie will face Sale Sharks, who knocked Harlequins out last night with a 26-17 win at The Stoop.

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Tom Varndell
Former England and Leicester wing on BBC Radio Leicester

This is exactly what you play for. There are so many people, the sun is beating down and look at the team that Tigers are playing against - it's very impressive.

But this is what you want to be involved in, you want to be commentating on these games or playing in these games and if you're a fan you want to be watching these games. It doesn't get any better than this.

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Bordeaux have named a host of France stars in their starting XV.

Matthieu Jalibert is at fly-half and France's all-time leading try-scorer Damian Penaud will begin at centre, while Louis Bielle-Biarrey starts on the wing in the same week he was named Six Nations player of the tournament for the second successive year.

Experienced Australia international James O'Connor will start at fly-half for Leicester, replacing Billy Searle in the team that beat Gloucester in the Prem last weekend.

Adam Radwan has been selected on the wing and will make his first start for Tigers since mid-January.

Bordeaux: Rayasi; Uberti, Penaud, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Jalibert, Lucu (capt), Poirot, Lamothe, Sadie, Palu, Coleman, Vergnes-Taillefer, Woki, Gazzotti.

Replacements: Barlot, Perchaud, Tameifuna, Bochaton, Matiu, Retiere, Reus, Van Rensburg.

Leicester: Steward; Radwan, Perese, Woodward, Hassell-Collins; O'Connor, Van Poortvliet; Van der Flier, Blamire, Hurd, Liebenberg (capt), Wells, Moro, Manz, Cracknell.

Replacements: Clare, Haffar, Loman, Henderson, Palmer, Whiteley, Searle, Wand.

If you've already had a host of hot cross buns and are chock-full of chocolate Easter eggs, then you could have even more to feast on as we get ready for the final two last-16 ties in the Investec Champions Cup.

It's reigning champions Bordeaux Begles v Leicester Tigers first up, then Leinster v Edinburgh from 17:30 BST.

Get ready to tuck in, so let's start with team news from France...