It seems as though we'd only just got back into the swing of Aviva Premiership action when the Heineken Cup lurches its way back into the forefront of our minds.
On the back of a hard-fought 17-12 victory over Bath last weekend, Leicester Tigers welcome bottom-of-the-pool Italian side Treviso to Welford Road, tomorrow, in their third game in Pool 2.
It's a crucial one at that. Tigers still lie third, but with Toulouse failing to pick up a bonus point when they locked horns with the Italians, Tigers have the chance to make inroads in their quest for qualification.
But Tigers need to win, and win well.
If the sides' previous encounters are anything to go by, notching up a four-try bonus point should not prove too much of a problem.
In the four times Tigers have faced Treviso, they have scored a combined total of 31 tries and, obviously, picked up a four-try bonus on each of these occasions.
Their 52-0 victory in January 2009 was the then-second-fastest bonus point in Heineken Cup history – Tigers wrapped up the bonus thanks to four tries in the first 26 minutes.
But it may be a tougher prospect than one may imagine. The Italian sides are no longer the whipping boys and are rapidly catching up with the big boys of European rugby.
Having said that, Tigers will be buoyed by the return of their triumphant England stars, still on a high from their 38-21 victory over world champions New Zealand.
They welcome back both the Youngs brothers. Ben comes straight in at scrum-half for Micky Young, who drops to the bench, while Tom starts at hooker.
The proud moments just keep coming for Geoff Parling.
Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill has named the England lock as captain and he will lead out the side on his 50th start for the club.
But fly-half Toby Flood, who was ruled out of England's historic win over the All Blacks with ligament damage to his big toe, has still not recovered in time, so George Ford keeps his place at No.10.
Cockerill will be hoping that Manu Tuilagi can do similar damage to the Treviso backline as he did to New Zealand's. The centre, who had a hand in all three of England's tries, including one for himself, has been named in the starting line-up.
He starts alongside Dan Bowden, who comes into the centres in place of Anthony Allen is, unsurprisingly, ruled out following the horrible head-bang he received last weekend.
Dan Cole also returns from England duty and is named among the replacements as Martin Castrogiovanni starts in the front-row.
They also have returning firepower on the wings. Vereniki Goneva is back in a Tigers shirt after his autumn international series with Fiji, while Scott Hamilton returns from injury.
Club captain Geordan Murphy is again on the bench in his second game since returning from injury. It will come as a huge boost to Tigers to have their most-capped Heineken Cup player and their leading competition try-scorer back among their ranks.
Logovi'i Mulipola also returns from injury to boost Cockerill's options in the replacements but they are without Louis Deacon, Steve Mafi, Miles Benjamin, Tom Croft and Wessel Jooste due to injury.
Brett Deacon is suspended for the game following his one-week ban for punching Bath's Matt Banahan, while Boris Stankovich serves the last of his three-match ban.
