Aviva Premiership - Quins v Leicester

We're at the stage of the season that Sir Alex Ferguson christened as "squeaky bum time", and while Richard Cockerill hasn't had such a quote put to him, his Leicester side are once again showing their best coming into the summer. Poor form at the beginning of the season - some of the worst under Cockerill - was caused in no small part by an injury crisis which saw Geoff Parling, and Manu Tuilagi amongst the absentees, but since the turn of the year they have slowly reached the form which saw them take the title in such dominant fashion last year and they come here on a red hot trail of form. March has bought 4 wins out of 5, that defeat coming at what many would call the hardest away trip in Europe, when going down in the Heineken Cup quarter final at Clermont Auvergne in a game that they ended up being unlucky to lose following a 16-0 deficit. They went into that game having scored 108 points in their last three games with thrashings of Newcastle on the road and Exeter infront of the Welford Road faithful before their derby defeat of Northampton to put extra pressure on them for a home semi final, and even in second gear were impressive in dismissing Wasps last weekend. The hosts carry form that is arguably no less impressive, having brushed aside Sale last weekend to follow to a romp over Stade Francais in the Amlin Cup quarters, but Leicester's intensity and form is against the best in Europe and at their current level they may be too much to handle for Quins here. 


Advice 

4 pts Leciester (10/11 general)