ExpandFor the first time since Ireland lost to Scotland in the 2010 Six Nations, GAA headquarters hosts a game of rugby. European semi-finals are held in neutral venues in the home country of the top seed. Leinster qualified from the pool stages ranked higher than Northampton, so they have home country advantage.
It is Leinster’s first game at Jones’s Road since 2009 when they beat Munster in another European semi-final. The crowd that day was a world record for a game of club rugby.Leinster team news: Ross Molony and Josh van der Flier return for Croke Park clashtickets sold out on the same day they went on saleYes. RTÉ have continually shown one game per round in this year’s Champions Cup on free-to-air television. Given this game is on Irish soil, the national broadcaster is on duty once again.
Ross Molony takes over from Jason Jenkins in the secondrow, while Josh van der Flier returns at openside ahead of Will Connors. Caelan Doris will lead the team from number eight. Northampton also make two changes from their quarter-final win over the Bulls, with England international George Furbank returning at fullback and James Ramm moving to the right wing, with George Hendy switching to the left in place of Ollie Sleightholme.Ciarán Frawley; Jordan Larmour, Robbie Henshaw, Jamie Osborne, James Lowe; Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong; Ross Molony, Joe McCarthy, Ryan Baird, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris .
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