Apart from Sunday’s Heineken Cup semi-final showdown with holders Leicester, Llanelli are currently on top of the Welsh-Scottish League and have a Principality Cup final appointment with Pontypridd on their schedule next month.

The domestic double looks to be well within Llanelli’s reach, although conquering Europe remains a formidable task.

‘‘The Heineken Cup is the biggest trophy out there that is available to us, and there is nothing more motivational than that,’’ Quinnell said.

‘‘We haven’t won the domestic league for a few years now, so to let ourselves down in that at this stage of the season would be poor on our part.

‘‘We have got a tremendous squad, with strength in depth, but we will just move on one game at a time.’’

More than 13,000 of Llanelli’s fans will be at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground on Sunday to witness what is the decider following two previous titanic European battles between Leicester and Llanelli this season.

Drawn together in group one during the qualifying stages, Leicester shaded an intense battle at Welford Road 12-9, but were then resoundingly beaten 24-12 at Llanelli in the return some three months later.

Leicester will go into the semi-final as slight favourites, having wrapped up a fourth successive Premiership title, but Llanelli are determined not to let down themselves or their massive contingent of travelling supporters.

‘‘This is a big occasion for the club, and for the town. You don’t get too many opportunities like this one, and the players are looking forward to it,’’ Quinnell added.

‘‘On Sunday, we are not just representing ourselves as a group of players, we are also representing a huge amount of people.’’

Llanelli coach Gareth Jenkins is scheduled to announce his team later today at a joint news conference with Leicester in Nottingham, but that announcement could be delayed.

Jenkins is currently assessing undisclosed injuries to unnamed players, but Llanelli’s problems are believed to revolve around the back three positions of both wings and full-back.

‘‘I am not clear what our final selection is going to be at this stage,’’ Jenkins said.

‘‘But if there are injuries, then there are injuries and we will deal with it. I haven’t ruled out anyone at the moment, and we are prepared to give people as long as they need.’’

Llanelli’s Welsh international lock Chris Wyatt, meanwhile, has no doubt that the semi-final encounter will be won up-front.

‘‘Leicester will be looking to bring a physical edge to the game and throw back in our faces what we did to them at Stradey Park in January,’’ Wyatt said.

‘‘The big reason why we won that day was our self belief, and we have got to make sure that we are not out of our stride.

‘‘At the end of the day, most games are won and lost up-front.’’