MUNSTER AREN’T IN European action over the next few days but Paul O’Connell is still keeping busy as we wait for the most exciting club rugby weekend of the year to kick-off.

O’Connell was involved in a litter pick-up in Limerick city earlier today and took time out of his humanitarian effort to talk Champions Cup rugby.

The Ireland captain was asked about Leinster’s mouthwatering clash with Bath tomorrow and his prediction will make Leinster fans a bit more bullish ahead of the quarter-final.

“I think [Leinster] will win,” O’Connell said on Newstalk’s Breakfast show this morning.

“Bath are an excellent side, it’s going to be a great game, but home advantage … I think they played really well last week when they came back. Once they went down against Glasgow, it just seemed to spark the old Leinster back into gear. They really put on an unbelievable performance for the rest of the game.”

O’Connell thinks the reintroduction of Leinster’s big internationals could swing the game in their favour.

“The addition of Jamie [Heaslip], Sean O’Brien and a few others back into the team – I’d be confident if I was Leinster,” O’Connell said.

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