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Leinster head coach Leo Cullen pictured at Welford Park

Cullen: I never felt comfortable despite rapid start

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen said that he never felt comfortable despite his side's stunning first-half performance in their 23-14 Heineken Champions Cup win over Leicester at Welford Park.

Rugby • 07 May 22

Recap: Leinster see off Leicester to reach last-four

The action as it happened in Leinster's Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final away to Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.

Rugby • 07 May 22

Classy Leinster overcome fiery Leicester to reach semis

Leinster charged into another Heineken Champions Cup semi-final after overcoming Premiership table-toppers Leicester Tigers in front of a vocal Welford Road crowd.

Rugby • 07 May 22

Cullen played 56 tmes in two seasons for the Tigers between 2005 and 2007

Welford Road to bring back 'amazing' memories - Cullen

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen looks back on two memorable years he spent with the Leicester Tigers

Rugby • 07 May 22

Ryan returns for his first Champions Cup appearance of the season

Leinster at full strength for Tigers as Ryan returns

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has been able to name a full strength team for tomorrow's Heineken Champions Cup quarter final against the Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.

Rugby • 06 May 22

Leinster will face a raucous atmosphere at the home of the Tigers

Tigers' roar returns as Leinster keep eye on prize

Leicester Tigers host Leinster this evening with a place in the Champions Cup semi-finals up for grabs.

Rugby • 07 May 22

L-R: Peter O'Mahony (Munster), Romain Ntamack (Toulouse), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers) and Johnny Sexton (Leinster)

Champions Cup quarter-finals: All you need to know

Kickoff details, TV and radio coverage, and team news for Munster and Leinster ahead of their Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals

Rugby • 06 May 22

Leicester beat Connacht both home and away in the pool stages

Tigers QF is 'Leinster's game to lose' - O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan says he fully expects Leinster to overcome the Leicester Tigers and book their place in the semi-finals of the Heineken Champions Cup.

Rugby • 04 May 22

Most of Leinster's squad won't have played for three weeks, while Tigers have been in Premiership action

Lancaster hoping Leinster 'battle-hardened' for Tigers

Stuart Lancaster is not worried that Leinster are too lightly raced ahead of Saturday's crunch European quarter-final against Leicester.

Rugby • 03 May 22

Ben Youngs (l) and Johnny Sexton in action for the Lions in 2013

Youngs: Beating Leinster not about stopping Sexton

The days of stopping Leinster by stopping Johnny Sexton are over, according to Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs.

Rugby • 03 May 22

Ryan in line for Leinster return for Tigers clash

James Ryan is in line for a Leinster return for Saturday's Champions Cup quarter-final against Leicester.

Rugby • 02 May 22

Kickoff details confirmed for Champions Cup quarters

Munster and Leinster will both play their Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday 7 May, after the EPCR confirmed details of the last-eight ties.

Rugby • 20 Apr 22

Freddie Steward finishes off Leicester's third try

Leicester v Leinster, Munster v Toulouse in quarters

Leinster will travel to Welford Road to take on Leicester Tigers in the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals, while Munster will host Toulouse.

Rugby • 16 Apr 22

Leo Cullen (left) and Shane Jennings lift the Premiership trophy in 2007

'I can hear the noise in my head' - Cullen on Tigers

Leo Cullen is set for a return to the Tigers' lair when his Leinster side face Leicester in the Heineken Champions Cup in three weeks' time.

Rugby • 18 Apr 22

Leicester in the driving seat after victory in France

Leicester claimed their first win at the Stade Marcel-Michelin in 17 years as they beat Clermont Auvergne 29-10 in the first leg of last-16 Heineken Champions Cup tie.

Rugby • 10 Apr 22

Leicester Tigers fined for salary cap breach

Leicester have been fined £309,841.06 but avoided any points deduction after a Premiership Rugby investigation found they had failed to comply with salary cap regulations.

Rugby • 15 Mar 22

Bundee Aki (r) had words with Mathieu Raynal after the final whistle

Aki warned over referee confrontation

Bundee Aki has received a warning for confronting referee Mathieu Raynal following Connacht's Champions Cup defeat to Leicester Tigers.

Rugby • 19 Jan 22

'Even if we had not scored at the end, I'd still have been proud'

Borthwick relieved after win against 'superb' Connacht

Leicester Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick cut a relieved figure on Saturday evening at the Sportsground, with his juggernauting side booking their place in the last 16 of the Heineken Champions Cup with a game to spare.

Rugby • 17 Jan 22

Leicester 'punch to the guts' won't knock Connacht

Andy Friend says he won't let the disappointment of Saturday's Heineken Champions Cup defeat to Leicester linger in the Connacht squad.

Rugby • 17 Jan 22

Connacht saw their 18-point lead overturned at the Sportsground

Leicester defeat 'a tough one to take'

Connacht head coach Andy Friend says their defeat to Leicester is the toughest loss he's experienced in his three-and-a-half years in Galway.

Rugby • 15 Jan 22

As it happened: Connacht foiled at the death

The action as it happened from Connacht's Heineken Champions Cup game against Leicester Tigers at the Sportsground.

Rugby • 15 Jan 22

Kini Murimurivalu scores the first of his two tries for the Leicester Tigers

Heartbreak for Connacht as Tigers win Galway thriller

After 10 minutes at the Sportsground, it looked like Connacht would be learning some harsh lessons.

Rugby • 15 Jan 22

Oliver has played all but one game so far this season for Connacht

Connacht's Oliver not distracted by Ireland talk

Connacht flanker Conor Oliver says making the international breakthrough remains his big goal, after an excellent start to the season.

Rugby • 13 Jan 22

Hansen also missed the first two rounds of the tournament with a calf injury

Hansen ruled out of Connacht's showdown with Leicester

Connacht will be without leading try scorer Mack Hansen for Saturday's Heineken Champions Cup meeting with the Leicester Tigers at the Sportsground.

Rugby • 11 Jan 22

Castres, Tigers, Montpellier and Saints line up against the Irish clubs this weekend

Mixed results for Irish provinces' Euro rivals

Castres and Northampton both won at the weekend, while Leicester Tigers lost for the first time this season. Montpellier were not in action.

Rugby • 10 Jan 22