Rob Kearney has dismissed the suggestion that Jonathan Sexton’s fits of temper are having an adverse effect on the Ireland squad.

Munster may have added motivation against Leinster, given their respective representations in Ireland’s Six Nations squad, but the desire to prove people wrong will work both ways at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

It may have been a day of farewells in Munster yesterday but Leinster are planning to welcome back a number of key figures tomorrow evening, with confirmation that Brian O’Driscoll and Leo Cullen will play some role against the Ospreys at the RDS.