Sexton, Ryan on bench as Ross Byrne starts Leinster's Champions Cup opener
Byrne, Robbie Henshaw and Caelan Doris are among the men who jump straight from Ireland duty to the starting Leinster XV.
Byrne, Robbie Henshaw and Caelan Doris are among the men who jump straight from Ireland duty to the starting Leinster XV.
Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosts Sunday’s Munster senior football semi-final.
Ed Byrne and Jamison Gibson-Park are set for their first caps off the bench against Italy.
Billy Holland, Jack O’Donoghue, and Stephen Archer come back in for Johann van Graan’s side.
Garry Ringrose, Jordan Larmour, James Ryan and Josh van der Flier also return to the Leinster side.
‘We have some players from then, and it was an amazing achievement, but we’re working on our own things.’
Kieran Marmion and Ultan Dillane are again among the replacements for the western province.
Johnny Sexton, Robbie Henshaw and Keith Earls all start for Ireland against Wales at the Aviva Stadium.
Saracens stand between Leinster and a fifth European title at St James’ Park tomorrow.
Luke Marshall could play his first minutes of the season as he takes a place on the bench.
John Cooney is set to feature as a replacement after performing well off the bench during Ireland’s Six Nations.
Joe Schmidt has also recalled Andrew Porter, Kieran Marmion and Quinn Roux to his squad for his final Six Nations match.
The Munster sides face off in Thurles on Saturday evening.
150 not out for the star defender as James Horan makes six changes to his side.
Seamus Harnedy makes his first start of the year while Tony Kelly is back for the Banner.
The lock has been hampered by thumb and finger injuries since December, but will join Jordi Murphy and John Cooney in action for Ulster tomorrow.
O’Brien missed the November win over New Zealand with an arm injury, but is back for the clash with England.
Dan McFarland is without his front-line Ireland internationals for the visit to Dublin.
The Westerners are also without captain Jarrad Butler for the third round of seasonal inter-pros.
Johann van Graan is bringing an impressive team and bench to Galway.
Rory Best is among the replacements as Dan McFarland has been able to name a team with just three changes.
Only Mike Haley and Sam Arnold have been asked to start twice in the space of six days for the province.
Johann van Graan is very close to having his first-choice XV for the back-to-back meetings with the French champions.
Leo Cullen has shown his hand, with 20-year-old Paddy Patterson on the bench.
Leo Cullen’s had close to a full-strength squad to choose from for the RDS curtain-raiser.
Harry Byrne will steer the team from out-half against France.
The Rebels go to Thurles on Saturday evening.
Jono Gibbes can still push the northern province to a play-off if they can beat the Conference B leaders.
Ulster’s former forwards coach Allen Clarke stands between them and a second Pro14 win on the bounce.
Rob Kearney and Peter O’Mahony are cleared to play despite sitting out training early this week.
The England coach has paired up Saracens in both the second row and at half-back
Iain Henderson and Tadhg Furlong have both shaken off hamstring injuries, but only the tighthead has forced his way back into the starting line-up.
However, Gatland has been able to recall Liam Williams, Leigh Halfpenny and Dan Biggar for his 100th match in charge of the Principality.
Out-half Tyler Bleyendaal is back on the Munster bench after recovering from injury.
Alan O’Connor captains his adopted province from the second row.
The former Leinster out-half won’t feature against his native country.
Les KIss has made minimal changes to the team who defeated La Rochelle.
Les Kiss has named Iain Henderson as captain for Sunday’s Champions Cup meeting with Harlequins in the absence of Rory Best.
Rory Best will take a place on the bench alongside the returning Chris Henry.
Chris Farrell and Bundee Aki will form a centre partnership with two caps’ worth of experience.