Leinster’s tyros looking to uphold unbeaten URC record against Cardiff

Culhane was consistently superb for Richie Murphy’s side and also made a favourable impression with Emerging Ireland in South Africa while King impressed while playing for a Leinster Development XV against the current Irish 20s at Donnybrook earlier this month.

Harry Byrne and Luke McGrath will look to bring the best out of the backline, given a reasonable platform. A young pack may look to Michael Ala’alatoa, Ross Molony and captain, Rhys Ruddock for tactical direction, the in-form Max Deegan has shaken off the ankle injury that sidelined him recently while Scott Penny has reached a landmark 50th appearance for the province.

Their opponents Cardiff, are depleted by injury and international commitments, contributing Rhys Carré, Dillon Lewis, Teddy Williams, Taulupe Faletau, Tomos Williams, Josh Adams, Mason Grady and Liam Williams to Warren Gatland’s Welsh squad. Cardiff head coach Dai Young said: “Leinster are always one of the very best teams in Europe so we know it is going to be a huge test for us. We have about 20 players missing and that leaves about 23 players to select from but we still have a lot of quality and I am confident in the team we have selected.

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