'I think we're giving Leicester too much credit' - O'Sullivan can't see past Leinster win at Welford Road

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.

Leo Cullen's side are away to the Premiership leaders in this Saturday's quarter-final at Welford Road (5.30pm), with the winner set to face either Munster or Toulouse in the last four.

The Tigers are the only side to have won six games out of six so far in this season's Champions Cup, with home and away victories versus Connacht and Bordeaux-Begles in the pool stage followed up by a 56-27 aggregate win against Clermont Auvergne in the last 16.

And while Steve Borthwick's side have lost just four games out of 28 across the Premiership and Champions Cup, O'Sullivan believes the 2018 winners have too many weapons at their disposal.

"I'll probably get hammered for saying this, but I think we're giving Leicester too much credit," he said on this week's RTÉ Rugby podcast.

"They're a very good team, no question, but I'd be shocked if Leinster don't beat them at the weekend. I think Leinster are locked and loaded at the moment, they've managed their resources brilliantly.

"They're in a great pace, this has been planned along the way. I'm not taking away from Leicester, they're a good team, top of the Gallagher Premiership, but let's not forget Connacht scared the pants off them in the European Cup. At Welford Road the final score was 29-23, and the score at the Sportsground was 28-29.

"Leicester are a good team but we shouldn't make them out to be.... I just think Leinster are a better side, they have more strings to their bow."

Last year's Challenge Cup finalists have kicked on further this season, and will be favourites to win their first Premiership title since 2013, with the club