Cardiff aim to give Leicester the blues

LEICESTER are hurtling towards a Pool Four decider against European champions Munster in Limerick tomorrow week, but they cannot allow such an enticing prospect to overshadow their Welford Road appointment with Cardiff Blues this afternoon (3pm, Sky Sports).

Home defeats at the hands of Leicester and Munster effectively destroyed Cardiff’s quarter-final ambitions, and Blues lock Scott Morgan says “payback” is a motivating factor for the Welsh region.

Morgan said: “We were bitterly disappointed after Leicester won such a tight game against us at the Millennium Stadium in October. It has made the season a lot harder for us and we definitely want a bit of payback for what they did to us in Cardiff.

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