Andy Friend looking for new heroes to emerge as Connacht face Leicester without experienced trio

Bundee Aki and Jarrad Butler are both suspended and Quinn Roux is sidelined until at least May with a shoulder injury

Connacht head coach Andy Friend: 'We have other quality and that’s what we have been building for the past three years, a quality squad'

Connacht coach Andy Friend said it is up to others to emerge as leaders and carry the fight to Leicester Tigers next Saturday as they bid to fill the gap left by the absence of Bundee Aki, skipper Jarrad Butler and Quinn Roux.

Aki and Butler are both suspended and Roux is sidelined until at least May with a shoulder injury which ruled him out of the Six Nations.