More to Tigers than kicking game, says Stuart Lancaster

Stuart Lancaster doesn't see Leicester as just a kicking team and believes they have more to their game ahead of Friday's Champions Cup quarter-final clash.

The Tigers kicked 41 times from hand making 1,153 metres from that tactic during their 16-6 victory over Edinburgh in the Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16.

Ahead of Friday night’s tie at the Aviva Stadium, Lancaster says the English champions have more strings to their bow.

"It’s think it’s probably unfair to say they kick everything all the time," the senior coach told RTÉ Sport.

"I’ve certainly shown the lads plenty of moments where they move the ball and played a more expansive games.

"Richard Wigglesworth has done a great job in the interim role, he’s tried to evolve their attack.

"Handre Pollard’s playing really well now, they’ve got Dan Kelly coming back and I’m certain he’ll feature against us, he’s a high-quality player in midfield.

"They have lots of options in the back three as well so whilst they are traditional in their mindset of playing the kicking game and the set-piece game, I think there’s more to them than that."

Leicester, winners of the competition in 2001 and 2002, overcame a dogged Edinburgh outfit in difficult conditions at Welford Road.

"They looked like they had worse weather than us and the pitch didn’t hold up quite as well as ours did," said James Lowe, who helped Leinster to a 30-15 win over Ulster in a rain-lashed Aviva.

"They dictated a lot of the play. They are a very abrasive team that wants to challenge you up front when it comes to lineout maul and they’ve got a few nippy 9s and Pollard at 10. [Anthony] Watson’s pretty good as well. It’s going to be a nice battle."

Lancaster added: "It was very similar to our game, playing in pretty