Shaun Edwards previews the weekend's Heineken Cup action, and is looking forward to some tribal warfare, in The Guardian.
"This is one of those weekends when rugby's tribes are on the move. Possibly even more than in the Six Nations, this is when the truly committed fan hits the road.
"Nearly 52,000 will pack the new Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday for Leinster versus Leicester, which would be a record for a Heineken Cup quarter‑final had Perpignan and Toulon not already crammed a guaranteed 55,000 into Barcelona's Olympic Stadium 90 minutes earlier.
"Then, on Sunday, the full-house signs will be up again in San Sebastián, where the Basques of Biarritz choose to play their big European games – and they don't come much bigger than those against Toulouse – and at Milton Keynes, which may not sound as colourful as either the Estadio Anoeta or the Catalan capital, but will certainly generate as much heat when Northampton lock horns with Ulster."
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