Steve Meehan expects Leicester to bring the best out of his Bath side when the teams meet in the Heineken Cup quarter-final.

Bath's 3-3 draw with Toulouse in yesterday's Pool Five finale guaranteed Meehan's men top spot in the pool but was not enough to earn them a home tie in the last eight.

Toulouse – one of the two best pool runners-up – will visit Cardiff, while Bath head to Leicester in a repeat of the 2006 quarter-final, which they won 15-12 at the Walkers Stadium.

Leicester are yet to confirm where they will play April's quarter-final, but may opt to use their Welford Road base after some high-profile defeats at Leicester City's stadium.

"I probably would have taken a home draw over an away one, but Leicester will bring out the best in Bath – and vice versa," said Meehan. "This will be another good clash, no doubt.

"To reach the last eight in Europe is a pretty good effort. One of the objectives at the beginning of the season was for us to top our group – and one of the sides in our group was Toulouse, the three-times champions.

"We have managed to end up first and I think that is a great reward for the players. It has been a fantastic effort."

Bath's preparation was hindered by prop Matt Stevens' positive drugs test and subsequent admission that he has a problem with a "very serious" recreational drug, understood to be cocaine.

Stevens, who has been provisionally banned from all rugby and is facing a lengthy suspension, sent his team-mates a letter ahead of yesterday's match, wishing them luck for the game and thanking them for their support since he admitted his problems in a frank television interview last Tuesday.

And Meehan, who said the news of Stevens' failed test had hit some of his players "like a sledgehammer", was proud of the way they dealt with the issue.

"All we asked this week was for absolute commitment during that match – and I'm very proud of the way the guys went about it," said Meehan.