Having missed most of last season through injury, it is starting to look like Jack O’Donoghue has the spring back in his step.

And so to the match between the haves and the have-lots to wrap up the opening weekend of Heineken Champions Cup rugby.

Sean O’Brien was among a handful of former Leinster stars who returned to the team HQ this week to set the scene for the province’s ‘drive for five’ ahead of today’s Heineken Champions Cup opener against Benetton.