The second game pits last seasons losing finalists The Ospreys against Saracens – who they will also meet in the Heineken Cup quarter final early next month.

SEMI-FINAL 1

Leicester Tigers v London Wasps

At Millennium Stadium, Saturday 22 March, 2.30pm (Live on BBC1)

Tigers’ EDF Energy path to the Semi-Finals
Pool B: Bath Rugby (A) Lost 14-20 (Vesty try; Humphreys 3 pens)
Pool B: Cardiff Blues (H) Won 42-20 (J.Murphy 2, Varndell, Hipkiss tries, penalty try; Goode conv, 3 pens; Burke 3 conv)
Pool B: Sale Sharks (H) Won 32-8 (J.Murphy, Hipkiss, Varndell, Croft tries; Goode 3 conv, 2pens)
Wasps’ EDF Energy path to the Semi-Finals
Pool A: Newport Gwent Dragons (A) Drew 3-3 (Cipriani pen)
Pool A: Gloucester Rugby (H) Won 29-26 (Voyce 2, Haskell 2 tries; Cipriani 3 conv, pen)
Pool A: Newcastle Falcons (H) Won 24-6 (Reddan try, penalty try; Cipriani conv, 4 pens)

Defending EDF Energy Cup holders Leicester Tigers are bidding to repeat last year’s feat of having made it to the EDF Energy Cup final despite losing one of their three pool games. The Tigers have won their last four semi-final matches in all competitions since losing this equivalent semi-final to London Wasps at Millennium Stadium in March 2006. That reversal was Leicester’s only loss in four previous visits to the new home of Welsh rugby.

London Wasps will be hoping for a touch of déjà vu having won this trophy two seasons ago and beating Leicester in the semi-final at Millennium Stadium. Wasps have won their last four encounters in all competitions, and have won 13 of their last 14 knockout ties in all competitions.

Leicester and Wasps have met in four previous semi-final encounters with the Tigers only winning the first: 43-7 at Sudbury in the 1978/79 John Player Cup. Leicester won 20-17 when the two teams last met in the Guinness Premiership at Adams Park on 30 September.

SEMI-FINAL 2

Ospreys v Saracens

At Millennium Stadium, Saturday 22 March, 5.15pm (Live on BBC2)

Ospreys’ EDF Energy path to the Semi-Finals
Pool C: Worcester Warriors (A) Won 47-16 (Byrne 2, Williams 2, Walker, Parker, Phillips tries; Hook 4 conv; Connor 2 conv)
Pool C: London Irish (H) Won 51-16 (Williams 3, Phillips, AW Jones, Thomas, Lewis tries; Hook 4 conv, 2 pens; Connor conv)
Pool C: Harlequins (A) Won 19-8 (Henson try, conv, 4 pens)
Saracens’ EDF Energy path to the Semi-Finals
Pool D: Leeds Carnegie (A) Won 46-28 (Penney 2, McMullen, Thrower, Rauluni, Sorrell tries; Ross 5 conv, 2 pens)
Pool D: Bristol (H) Won 45-15 (Ratuvou 2, Vyvyan, Seymour, Kyriacou tries; Ross conv, 4 pens; Jackson 3 conv)
Pool D: Llanelli Scarlets (A) Lost 32-36 (Ratuvou, A.Powell tries, penalty tries 2; Ross 2 conv; Farrell conv, 2 pens)

For the second successive year Ospreys ended up as the best qualifiers in the pool stage of the EDF Energy Cup with 14 points from a possible 15 from their three games. The Welshmen’s only defeat in this competition since October 2005 was in last season’s final to Leicester Tigers at Twickenham. Ospreys won last season’s all-Welsh semi-final of the EDF Energy Cup 27-10 against Cardiff Blues at Millennium Stadium, and have won four of the last five matches they have played against English opposition.

This game is Saracens first domestic cup semi-final since season 1997/98 where they beat Northampton 25-10 at the same stage at Franklin’s Gardens before carrying off that season’s Tetley’s Bitter Cup at Twickenham with a 48-18 victory over Wasps in the final.

aracens have actually lost the last six matches they have played against Welsh opponents since a 22-18 victory at Pontypridd in the European Cup on 17 December 1999.

The two sides have never met before, but strangely are also due to clash at the quarter-final stage of this season’s European Cup on 6 April at Vicarage Road..