LEINSTER HAVE confirmed their team for Friday’s Champions Cup quarter-final with Leicester Tigers at the Aviva Stadium (kick-off: 8pm).
Garry Ringrose and Caelan Doris replace Jordan Larmour and Josh van der Flier in the only two personnel changes from last week’s last-16 win over Ulster.
Doris comes into the back row alongside Ryan Baird and Jack Conan, with the former set to win his 50th Leinster cap.
Ringrose, meanwhile, forms a centre partnership with Robbie Henshaw for the first time since October’s win over Munster.
The bench is unchanged from last week, with Cian Healy in line to become Leinster’s joint-second-highest-capped player.
Leinster Rugby:
- 15. Hugo Keenan
- 14. Jimmy O’Brien
- 13. Garry Ringrose
- 12. Robbie Henshaw
- 11. James Lowe
- 10. Ross Byrne
- 9. Jamison Gibson-Park
- 1. Andrew Porter
- 2. Dan Sheehan
- 3. Tadhg Furlong
- 4. Ross Molony
- 5. James Ryan (captain)
- 6. Ryan Baird
- 7. Caelan Doris
- 8. Jack Conan
Replacements:
- 16. John McKee
- 17. Cian Healy
- 18. Michael Ala’alatoa
- 19. Jason Jenkins
- 20. Scott Penny
- 21. Luke McGrath
- 22. Harry Byrne
- 23. Ciarán Frawley
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
Not good enough for steve kean with blackburn tho .. good wk for steve’s judgment on players with both n’zonzi and kalinic two players he deemed surplus to requirements rocking up for big money moves to roma and athletico madrid… great judge of talent that steve
Sam Allderdyce in his wisdom called him Steven Insomnia
@Stevie Doran: I think you’re talking about when Joe Kinnear called Charles N’Zogbia Charlie Insomnia.
Absolute chancer