Leinster boss Leo Cullen is excited about a Leicester Tigers reunion if it happens after watching his side demolish Connacht at the Aviva Stadium.
Cullen spent two years with the Tigers as a player, sandwiched between his two spells with his native Blues.
And after James Lowe gorged on the Connacht defence - the Ireland winger scored four tries out of eight in total for the four-time champions - Cullen admitted he is relishing a potential return to Welford Road.
Leicester will play Clermont there later today for a place in the Champions Cup last eight and the Tigers take a 19 point advantage into the clash, so barring a major meltdown they will qualify to meet Leinster in a colossal match up.
“Yeah, it’s going to be a great test for our guys if that unfolds," said Cullen. "It’s a great place to play.
"I can hear the noises in my head, what it sounds like even over there, the Crumbie Stand and the stomping of the feet.
"There are some special sounds in my mind from when I was there, obviously in the home dressing-room.
"It’s very different when you’re in the away dressing-room but yeah it’s a great place and we’ll see how it plays out - I won’t discount (Clermont boss) Jonno (Gibbes) just yet.”
Just as in Galway, Leinster got off to a shaky start against their provincial colleagues and Hugo Keenan was perhaps fortunate not to be sin-binned for a tackle on Tiernan O'Halloran under the high ball.
But Jack Carty missed a great chance to kick Connacht into a one point lead on aggregate in the tie in the sixth minute and the hot favourites never looked back after that.
By the 36th minute Leinster had established an unassailable four-try lead as Rónan Kelleher and Andrew Porter enjoyed their return to the front row after injury.
Connacht did score three tries themselves in the second half but Leinster tacked on another five touchdowns, all converted, with Lowe in particular revelling in the westerners' inability to compete physically.
“When he really applies himself, he's as good as anyone out there," said Cullen of Lowe. "He worked hard this week and you can see the rewards that he got off the back of that."
Such was the pressure exerted by Leinster that Connacht lost Bundee Aki to a yellow card in the first half and then Jack Aungier in the second.
Aungier had replaced Finlay Bealham, who suffered a clash of heads, and with the replacement prop off the pitch it meant Connacht had to play with 13 men for the guts of 10 minutes.
That didn't help the cause but it was game over long before that - a bitterly disappointing finish to their debut appearance in the competition's knock-out stages.
“I thought Connacht did stretch us again," claimed Cullen.
"Their attack is good, they played to the end. They had a couple of disruptions in the game which makes it challenging.
“We're not getting too bogged down by the aggregate score. For us now, it's about getting ready for the next challenge."
