Richard Wigglesworth insists complacency will not be an issue for Leicester

Richard Wigglesworth has dismissed any notion of complacency as Leicester close in on the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals.

Tigers have not reached the last-eight since 2016, but a stunning round of 16 first-leg victory over French heavyweights Clermont Auvergne last weekend has left them in pole position.

Leicester will take a 19-point lead with them into the second leg at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Saturday, increasing prospects of a mouthwatering quarter-final clash against four-time European champions Leinster next month.

Tigers assistant coach and scrum-half Wigglesworth, though, knows from personal experience just how quickly things can change in Europe.

He was part of the Sale team that thumped Clermont 32-15 away from home 14 years ago – his team-mates included the likes of Sebastien Chabal, Mark Cueto and Luke McAlister – but it unravelled a week later.

“It was a brilliant win in 2008 and it was a really good win at the weekend,” he said.

“They are two really nice memories when I finish my career that I will have.

“But I would add that it will probably only be a nice memory if we actually go out there this weekend and give a good account of ourselves.

“What happened the week after in 2008 was that we played Munster at home and thought we were better than we were and did nothing (Sale lost 24-16).

“We haven’t done anything yet. It was a really good day for us on Sunday, but I don’t want to be like Sale in 2008.

“What Steve (Leicester head coach Steve Borthwick) has done is create an environment where that (complacency) would not be something that anyone would dare breathe, hopefully even think.

We are playing a brilliant, big French team that can score three tries in three minutes- Leicester assistant