Challenge Cup clash with Leicester Tigers 'exciting' for Connacht, says Denis Buckley

'They are a good side. It would have been nice to have had a home draw but these are the cards we have been dealt'

Denis Buckley: 'It is a really exciting game to start building towards next month'. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Connacht’s most experienced player Denis Buckley hopes their superb form this season will continue when they travel to Welford Road to face Leicester Tigers for the time in history when they clash in the European Challenge Cup next month.

The prize for the winners is a home quarter-final against either Ospreys or Newcastle Falcons and Buckley, who has chalked up 195 appearances for his native province, said there is no reason why they can’t aim high.