Leinster are facing a five day turnaround between the final two rounds of the Heineken Cup group stages after the dates and times for the fixtures were finalized today.

Leinster will have to travel to France to face Top-14 champions Castres on Sunday, January 12th for a 2.45pm kick-off.

But Matt O'Connor's side will then be facing a short turnaround before their final Pool 1 game against the Ospreys, which will kick-off the following Friday at the RDS at 8pm.

Meanwhile, Munster's visit to Gloucester will take place at 6pm on Saturday, January 11th at Kingsholm while their final home fixture will be against Edinburgh the following Sunday at 12.45pm.

Ulster will host Montpellier at Ravenhill on Friday the 10th at 8pm before finishing away to Leicester the following Saturday at 6pm.

Connacht, who could still qualify for the knockout stages with two wins from their final two Pool 3 outings, host Zebre on Saturday the 11th at 3.40pm before an away trip to Saracens the following Saturday at 1.35pm.

Main image by ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan