And tournament organisers European Rugby Cup Ltd (ERC) confirmed today that the match will be played at the 32,000-capacity stadium. Kick-off will be at 3.30pm.

The Walkers Stadium, just a short journey from the Tigers’ Welford Road ground, is currently home to Leicester City Football Club. The two clubs are set to share the stadium from next season but for now it officially counts as a neutral English venue and the Tigers will be delighted to have the match staged in their home city.

The other, all-French semi-final between Stade Francais and Biarritz will be played a day earlier at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

ERC also announced they will provide all four sides with a marketing budget to help attract as many supporters to the games as possible.

Leicester, though, are unlikely to have any problems packing out the Walkers Stadium.

Around 10,000 Tigers supporters travelled to Dublin and immediately after the match Twickenham was being mooted as a possible venue, such is the fevered anticipation for the match.

“We are delighted to confirm two excellent venues for the semi-finals after a superb weekend of quarter-final matches in France, Ireland and Spain,” said ERC chairman Jean Pierre Lux.

“Each of the quarter-finals attracted capacity attendances with over 162,000 fans enjoying four fantastic sporting occasions last weekend. The Heineken Cup has really captured the imagination of fans across Europe and the semi-finals are again set to be played in front of capacity crowds.”

The 10th Heineken Cup final will be staged at Murrayfield on May 22 and Leicester are chasing a fourth appearance in the showpiece.

They lost to Brive in 1997 but secured the unique feat of claiming back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002, with victories over Stade in Paris and Munster at the Millennium Stadium.