'Toulouse look incredibly dangerous' - Cullen

Leinster progressed to the Champions Cup last four with a 23-14 win over Leicester Tigers at Welford Road after a steller first half performance.

The Irish Province now face a heavyweight showdown with five-time champions, Toulouse, in Dublin next weekend.

Looking ahead to the clash, Leinster head coach Leo Cullen said 'Toulouse look incredibly dangerous' while highlighting the threat their halfback pairing possesses.

"Their half-backs are two of the best players in the world at the moment." he said.

"They have a big, powerful pack as well who get them on the front foot. They’re a very dangerous team and it’s an unbelievable challenge for our guys but that’s what we want."

"It’s a huge week ahead. Hopefully we’ll get a big crowd at the Aviva and we’ll need every bit of energy we can get from that.”

Cullen acknowledged his charges will need to produce a more complete performance next weekend, having scored just three points in the second half after racing to a 20-0 lead in the first. 

“We had really good intent in the first-half in attack and in defence,” Cullen said.

“We put Tigers under a fair bit of pressure when they had the ball. In the second half they threw the kitchen sink at us. It didn’t feel comfortable in the second half from our point of view but we’re delighted to get a win."

"Credit to the guys, their attitude was good, but there are parts of our performance that can get hell of a lot better. There was a bit of risk because some of our guys haven’t played for the last couple of weeks, and were they going to be a little shy in terms of that battle hardened piece? But we’ve got through to the next round and hopefully we’ll be in better shape going into next week."

“We’re going to have be better next week. It’s such a massive challenge up against Toulouse, five times champions.

“A lot of that Toulouse squad have won a Grand Slam with France. A lot of our Irish guys involved today will have played against France in the Six Nations over in Paris. It’s great for our guys to go up against their quality.”