'The most important game of the season' - Oliver and Connacht ready to upset the odds against Leinster

As Conor Oliver explains, Connacht already know how to beat Leinster, but that's only a tiny part of the battle.

Andy Friend's side actually did it in some style back in January of last year, a 35-24 win at the RDS, their first against Leinster in the capital since 2003.

In their two meetings this season, both were Leinster victories and both by handsome margins - 28 points in December followed by a 37 point victory just under a fortnight ago in Galway.

Both games were marked by similar characteristics - Connacht playing well and leading in the first half, before the Leinster blitz arrived. In December's game at the RDS, Leo Cullen's side scored four tries in 17 minutes, turning a five point deficit into a 21 point lead.

The turnaround in their URC meeting at the Sportsground was even more dramatic, Connacht leading 8-7 as the clock hit 50 minutes (with 14 men), before being bulldozed for six tries in the final half-hour.

When Leinster hit, they throw combinations.

"For me, Leinster are just so clinical with the way they play," Oliver said, ahead of tomorrow night's Heineken Champions Cup meeting with the four-time winners at the Sportsground.

"When they get an opportunity they take it, that's the biggest challenge I see, it's just stopping giving them opportunities. That's through discipline, making it hard for them to earn scores, that's the main thing we need to do.

"When we have the ball and hold onto the ball we're a dangerous team, you can see it on the stats how good our rugby is when we have the ball. On the other side of the ball, that's where we need to stop momentum and stop them."

If the challenge seemed great for Connacht in what is their first ever Champions Cup knockout game, it will be even greater next week when