Northampton Saints will host the Bulls in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-finals, which also feature a rematch of the past two finals.
La Rochelle, who beat Leinster in those two finals, face the Irish side again after winning away at the Stormers.
Harlequins will travel to Bordeaux and Exeter Chiefs face a difficult away trip to five-time winners Toulouse.
Leo Cullen’s Leinster have suffered agonising back-to-back final defeats against La Rochelle, but they did clinch a pool-stage victory against Ronan O’Gara’s side in the opening game of this year’s tournament.
This is the fifth time in four seasons the sides have met in the competition.
“It’s a great challenge, isn’t it?” Cullen said. “We have seen plenty of each other over the last couple of seasons. That’s what you want. You want to be testing yourself against the best teams that are out…
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