It’s a momentous Champions Cup quarter-final at the Aviva Stadium where Leinster is facing their long-time rivals La Rochelle, who inflicted a defeat upon them on this very pitch the previous year. The game is scheduled to commence at half-past five. John O’Sullivan conveys to us some late adjustments in Leinster’s first team; Hugo Keenan will unfortunately be absent from today’s match. Although there’s no official update yet, it appears that Keenan’s hip injury, which caused him to miss Ireland’s final Six Nations match against Scotland, has worsened despite featuring in last week’s game against Leicester Tigers.
Ciarán Frawley is set to commence in the fullback position with Harry Byrne being introduced as a substitute.
Here are the latest team line-ups:
For Leinster: The starting team consists of Ciarán Frawley; Jordan Larmour, Robbie Henshaw, Jamie Osborne, James Lowe; Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong; Joe McCarthy, Jason Jenkins; Ryan Baird, Will Connors, and captain Caelan Doris. The replacements include Rónan Kelleher, Michael Milne, Michael Ala’alatoa, Ross Molony, Jack Conan, Luke McGrath, Harry Byrne, Josh van der Flier.
In contrast, La Rochelle lines up with Dillyn Leyds; Jack Nowell, UJ Seuteni, Jonathan Danty, Teddy Thomas; Antoine Hastoy, Tawera Kerr-Barlow; Louis Penverne, Tolu Latu, Uini Atonio; Ultan Dillane, Will Skelton; Judicael Cancoriet, Levani Botia, and captain Grégory Alldritt. Their substitutes include Quentin Lespiaucq, Alexandre Kaddouri, Joel Sclavi, Thomas Lavault, Paul Boudehent, Yoan Tanga, Teddy Iribaren, Ihaia West.