Connacht seeking to avoid testing arm wrestle with Leicester Tigers

Dave Heffernan, with seven starts this season, gets the nod ahead of Shane Delahunt, who has started 11 games this term. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Connacht have been day-tripping to the UK all season, but an 8pm kick-off tonight and closed airports mean they will have one day less to prepare for next weekend’s European Challenge Cup quarter-final against either Ospreys or Newcastle Falcons next weekend in Galway.

However, that’s a headache Andy Friend and his men will hope to have after they play Leicester Tigers at Welford Road this evening in the first ever meeting between the sides.