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Just the 14 adjustments for Leinster. Cian Healy is the one participant nonetheless within the beginning lineup from their earlier URC fit. The some-time England full-back George Furbank misses out for Northampton with an arm harm, which is a huge leave out. Trevor Davison comes into the entrance row in the one trade to Phil Dowson’s lineup after the Premiership win in opposition to Bristol remaining weekend.
Leinster: Keenan; O’Brien, Ringrose, Henshaw, Lowe; Prendergast, Gibson-Park; Healy, Sheehan, Furlong, Snyman, McCarthy, Deegan, Van der Flier, Doris (capt.). Replacements: Kelleher, Porter, Slimani, Baird, Conan, McGrath, R Byrne, Barrett.
Northampton Saints: Ramm; Freeman, Dingwall (capt.), Hutchinson, Litchfield; Smith, Mitchell; Iyogun, Langdon, Davison, Mayanavanua, Coles, Kemeny, Pollock, Augustus. Replacements: Walker, West, Millar Mills, Lockett, Munga, Scott-Young, James, Seabrook.
Referee: Pierre Brousset (Fra)
Rob Kearney says the Aviva Stadium venue is an unfair benefit for Leinster. Thoughts? Why now not e mail me.
“Northampton can win,” says Lawrence Dallaglio. “They’ve got quality in their team. But the big challenge for me is up front … have they got the bottle, what it takes up front? Can they survive the intensity from Leinster? If they can do that they can win.
“Northampton have got to be 100%,” chips within the Bristol Bears head trainer, Pat Lam, on pundit responsibility. “Lineout lifters, ball carriers presenting the way it should be … domination on defence … making sure when you see Ringrose and Henshaw flying that you’re close enough … not for one minute, for 80 minutes.”
“It’s a different Leinster team,” Rob Kearney says on Premier Sports. “They’ve had the heartache of the last few years, so there is more pressure on them … they have reinforcements … this is as good a chance as they’ve had in the past few years.
“You don’t want to put too much pressure on one team. But it has to be this year, for this Leinster team.”
Preamble
Encore une fois. For the second one 12 months working the Champions Cup has thrown up a Leinster v Northampton semi-final hosted via the Irish province. A James Lowe hat-trick perceived to have sealed the deal for Leinster remaining 12 months – and in the end it did – however a overdue Saints fightback within the last quarter after an error-strewn get started noticed them pass down via simply 3 issues.
Northampton’s home shape has been erratic, to mention the least, and so they to find themselves 7th within the Premiership having misplaced 8 of 15 suits. It was once at all times most probably they’d leave out Courtney Lawes and Lewis Ludlam, each now enjoying in France, however nobody predicted they might be moderately so off the tempo.
Leinster, in the meantime, most sensible the United Rugby Championship desk and are heavy favourites to growth from right here to but any other last in opposition to French opposition: they had been defeated via La Rochelle two times, in 2022 and 2023, ahead of falling to Toulouse at Tottenham Stadium remaining season. Bordeaux or Toulouse will wait for lately’s victors in Cardiff later this month. Will or not it’s deja vu in all places once more? As some distance as lately’s semi-final is anxious, it already is.
Kick-off: 5.30pm
