England colleagues Martin Corry, Ben Kay, George Chuter, Lewis Moody and Dan Hipkiss will set the ball rolling on Saturday afternoon when Australia provide the opposition in the first quarter-final.
And with a 2pm kick-off, Tigers supporters can watch that encounter before heading down to Welford Road for the Guinness Premiership meeting with early-season league leaders Gloucester.
New Zealand, for whom Tigers signing Aaron Mauger was among the try-scorers in Saturday’s win over Romania, face hosts France on Saturday evening.
Seru Rabeni, one of the stars of Fiji’s enthralling Pool B victory over Wales, will be looking for another big performance as the islanders face South Africa in the last eight on Sunday afternoon.
The fourth quarter-final on Sunday evening sees Argentina up against Scotland. Prop Marcos Ayerza is among Marcelo Loffreda’s Pumas squad, while James Hamilton started Scotland’s decisive Pool C victory over Italy last Saturday.
There was disappointment for Geordan Murphy, despite scoring a try in Ireland’s defeat by Argentina on Sunday, and Martin Castrogiovanni as Italy finished third in Pool C. Alesana Tuilagi also saw his quarter-final hopes dashed as Samoa were eliminated in Pool A.
