Rónan Kelleher will become the 54th Leinster player to pull on a senior jersey this season when he makes his debut at hooker against the Southern Kings in Friday night’s Pro14 clash at the RDS (kick-off: 7.55pm – live on eir Sport). The Lansdowne player only turned 21 last month and is in his second year in the Leinster academy. Beside Kelleher in the frontrow will be Ed Byrne and Andrew Porter. Leinster: B Daly; F McFadden, C O’Brien, N Reid, J Lowe; R Byrne, H O’Sullivan; E Byrne, R Kelleher, A Porter; R Molony (Capt), M Kearney; J Murphy, M Deegan, C Doris. Replacements: J Tracy, P Dooley, M Bent, J Dunne, S Fardy, P Patterson, J O’Brien, R O’Loughlin.

Source: The Irish Times February 21, 2019 12:22 UTC