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Leinster Lions and Toulouse are the sole 100 per cent teams left and command four-point leads at the top of Pools 4 and 5. Defending champions Leicester Tigers have a three-point cushion as leaders of Pool 1.
The double over Montferrand means Leinster Lions can seal a quarter-final spot when Swansea travel to Donnybrook on Friday, 10 January, 2003, while Toulouse will also have home advantage when the tournament resumes - Newport the next to take on the 1996 European champions at Stade Ernest Wallon.
Italy will be Leicester's destination for their fifth-round tie against Amatori & Calvisano but the other three Pools all have two teams level on six points at the top - not to mention additional qualifying combinations.
"We have had four rounds of outstanding action so far and I am sure everyone is looking forward to the resumption of the Heineken Cup in 2003 when the battle for quarter-final places will be intense," said Jean-Pierre Lux, ERC Chairman.
The eighth Heineken Cup season has delivered more of the thrills and spills you would expect from the Prestige European rugby competition.
Interesting results in Round 1 saw Neath almost beating the current Heineken Cup holders at the Gnoll ground before a flash of magic from Austin Healy saved the tigers skin in a 16-16 draw.
Round 2 saw last years Heineken Cup runners-up Munster getting back to winning ways with their first win in this year's competition - a 30-21 victory over Perpignan at Thomond Park.
In Round 3 the result of the weekend had to be Amatori & Calvisano winning their first ever Heineken Cup match at the expense of Neath. The Italians turned around a big half-time deficit at the half to eventually win 38-29.
And Round 4 saw the seemingly unstoppable Gloucester beaten for the first time in the competition. They went down 31-23 at Perpignan.
Meanwhile Northampton showed their Cup aspirations with a thumping 31-0 victory over Cardiff at the Arms Park.
Round 5 kicks-off on the weekend on January 10, and the following week sees Round 6 - make or break time for the top sides...
But who will be the eight sides that progress to the knock-out stages this year?
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