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After an ideal start to their European Champions Cup campaign, Connacht face an altogether tougher task when they travel to the home of current Premiership leaders Leicester Tigers for Sunday's second round fixture.

Heineken Champions Cup rugby kicks off at the Sportsground on Sunday (1pm) with another illustrious French club taking on Connacht.

Under pressure with just one win from four, and having given up Sportsground home advantage, Andy Friend's Connacht delivered its most dominant performance this season, winning 36-11 at the Aviva Stadium.

Connacht will need to get a return for their foray to the Aviva Stadium on Saturday (5.15pm) when they face Ulster in the second of this season's interprovincials.

Bundee Aki is expected to be back in action for Connacht on Saturday evening for another exacting interprovincial encounter against Munster at Thomond Park.

Connacht will be looking to up their game when they open their home URC campaign against first-time South African visitors Bulls at the Sportsground tomorrow evening (7.45pm).

The curtain comes down on another Connacht Rugby season that has produced a mixed bag of results in this Covid year.

It is not every season, year or decade that Connacht head to Thomond Park and return with a win. That they did on Friday evening for the first time since Pat Lam's tenure and only the third time in history, says something about this squad's developing confidence and tenacity.

It had all the hallmarks of a rip-roaring inter-provincial. Despite the uncertainty of this new Rainbow Cup competition, and a troubled start with South African teams unable to travel, as far as inter-pros go, they don't come much more intense than Connacht's meeting with Ulster in Kingspan Stadium.

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