After a busy day in the Champions Cup we now know three of the four teams who will be in the semi-finals.

Leinster beat Sale this evening to make it to the last four where they will play French side Toulon who got the better of Glasgow earlier on.

Bath, who beat Northampton in a thriller last night, have to wait for the winner of tomorrow's quarter-final between French heavyweights Bordeaux and Toulouse to find out who they will face.

That's all from us tonight, enjoy the rest of your evening!

Leinster are one step closer to pinning a fifth star on their jersey.

And if you're looking for omens, the last time they won the Champions Cup in 2017-18 the final was held at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao - the same place where it will be this season.

Since then they have been runners-up four times, including a run of three losing finals in a row.

Written in the stars for them to go one step further? Leinster fans will hope so.

The scoreline and the ease with which Leinster saw the game out makes you forget the game was actually very tight at half-time.

It was 7-3 at the break and only 12-6 with half an hour to go.

But Sale lost two players to yellow cards and when Leinster hit their attacking stride they simply never looked like being able to respond in an attacking sense.

Leinster captain and man of the match Dan Sheehan speaking to Premier Sports:

"It’s exactly where we want to be, it’s been a bit of a weird season with some ups and downs but at the end of the day we have a home semi-final we can get excited for.

"The crowd got us through that game and we'll need them again in a couple of weeks’ time.

"That first half was disappointing we were stuck in third gear for a while but the bench had a real impact and we got there in the end.

"It took us a while to break them down. We’ve had a lot of games we’ve had to grind out this season and we have a lot to work on."

A strong second half from Leinster does the job with room to spare.

They will host Toulon in the semi-final at the Aviva in May.

Into the last few minutes now and Dan Sheehan has been named man of the match by the tv broadcaster Premier Sports.

His side can soon begin preparations for a semi-final against Toulon, who beat Glasgow earlier, in early May.

The hosts have a penalty in front of the posts and despite a lead of 20 points they decide to give it to Harry Byrne to kick over rather than go for another try.

Byrne giving his personal total a bit of a boost!

Sale had hung in there very well in the first half but the yellow cards combined with repeatedly losing possession at the line-out gave Leinster a foot in the door and they have taken full advantage.

The hosts are looking much slicker now and are playing some great stuff.

Sale will keep fighting hard, we know they will, but they don't appear to have enough going forward to get back into it.

Sale have lost three line-outs this half now.

They lost one just before the second Leinster try and it is undoing their stout defensive work.

Ethan Caine is their hooker today with Luke Cowan-Dickie and Nathan Jibulu both unavailable.

Sale win a penalty and George Ford knocks it over to cut the deficit to six and they are back to 14 men again now.

A busy little period there!

Sale will be temporarily down to 13 men as Si McIntyre is shown a yellow card for that high shot.

Dan du Preez is still off the pitch for them but will be back soon.

Sale have lost two line-outs this half already and are heaping unnecessary pressure on themselves.

They are down to 14 men still remember with number eight Dan du Preez still in the sin-bin.

Leinster's All Black Rieko Ioane looks to do it all by himself with a searing break before being chopped down just inside the 22.

But when the ball is recycled Sale's Jacques Vermeulen pounces with a vital turnover.

Great defence from Sale.

I think the majority of viewers, certainly the neutrals, will hope we see a little bit more in the way of entertainment in the second half.

A few nerves around the Aviva possibly with Sale looking intent on spoiling the party.