Joe Schmidt is facing a nervous few weeks over his scrum-half options with Luke McGrath exiting Leinster's win against Toulouse and John Cooney failing to start Ulster's meeting with Racing 92 on Saturday afternoon.

The match takes place in Chicago's Soldier Field on Saturday, November 3 with eir's coverage beginning at 7.30pm.

Leinster will make a decision on whether Sean O’Brien and Luke McGrath are ready and able to face Scarlets in this weekend’s Champions Cup semi-final within the next 24 hours or so, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Luke McGrath admits he is green with envy as Joe Schmidt's men prepare to head to London for this weekend's Six Nations Grand Slam showdown in Twickenham.

Leinster scrum-half Luke McGrath is expecting a “tough battle” as the province prepare to take on Bath in the European Champions Cup on Saturday (5.30pm).