The Wales and British and Irish Lions prop spent 11 seasons in the front row at Neath and Swansea before crossing the border to join Leicester Tigers.

However, in all his time in European competitions at The Gnoll and St Helen's he was never able to get out of the Pool stages in either the Heineken Cup or European Challenge Cup and savour the knock-out stages.

But, having played such a major role in the Tigers' impressive second half revival against the Ospreys at another sell-out Welford Road occasion in Round 3, Morris is looking to stay on track at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday for a first Heineken Cup final appearance when the 11th final is staged at the Millennium Stadium on 20 May, 2006.

"It is always good playing against your old club - or in my case a team that is an amalgamation of my two former clubs, Neath and Swansea," said the 31-year-old prop.

"I had 11 great years at The Gnoll and St Helen's and I am looking forward to going back to Wales and making my debut at the Liberty Stadium.

"It is a beautiful ground and they have developed it very well. I just hope I can make it a victorious first visit.

"But it is going to be even tougher next week. It might be first blood to us, but we have got a big week ahead of us in preparing for the return.

"The Ospreys showed their strength at Welford Road by putting us to the sword in the first half and we had to work even harder in the second half to take the game.

"They scored two tries in the first half and had another effort called back after they got over our line but could not ground the ball. That is why we were overjoyed at getting the try bonus point in the end.

"I just hope we can take that second-half performance into Sunday's game because it is going to be another ding-dong battle."

Pat Howard, who played in the centre in the Tigers' 2001 Heineken Cup final-winning side, is in his last season at the coaching helm of the double European champions and is intent on going back to Australia on a high.

"The bonus point was very important to us, but it all starts at zero again on Sunday," said the former Wallaby star who is heading home to Australia.

"It does not really matter if you play home or away in the Heineken Cup these days, you know how tough it is going to be wherever you are playing.

"It all adds up to us expecting another very difficult, physical encounter."