Leinster scored 10 tries in their hammering of Harlequins at Croke Park on Saturday.

The four-time Champions Cup winners’ 62-0 victory saw them reach the quarter-final stage for a ninth straight season. They will face Glasgow or Leicester, who meet later on Saturday.

The game in front of 55,000 fans at Croke Park, the spiritual home of Gaelic sport in Dublin, was tipped as a battle between the flyhalves.

Ireland’s Sam Prendergas and England playmaker Marcus Smith are both on course for spots in the British & Irish Lions squad this summer.

Prendergast claimed the upper hand in the debate by half time, helping his province to a 19-0 lead, which included a 14th-minute touchdown from short range.

The 22-year-old’s influence continued after the break, and he showed his class in the build-up to Dan Sheehan’s try as Quins suffered their heaviest-ever Champions Cup loss.

Elsewhere, 14-man Castres edged Benetton 39-37 to set-up a tie with English side Northampton, who hammered Clermont 46-24 on Friday.

Replacement scrumhalf Jeremy Fernandez converted his own try with eight seconds left to send the French club into the quarters for the first time since 2002 after centre Adrien Seguret was sent off on 42 minutes.

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