O’Malley latest injury concern for Leinster

OVER 41,000 tickets have already been sold for Leinster’s clash with Clermont Auvergne at the Aviva Stadium this weekend. The way things are going, the able-bodied males among them could consider bringing their boots.

Joe Schmidt was forced to make do without three of his leading players for the first meeting between the sides in France last Sunday and that quota of absentees could double after an immensely physical tussle at the Stade Marcel Michelin.

Definitely out, yet again, are the long-term pair of Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald but the news that centre Eoin O’Malley has almost certainly been added to that after fracturing a rib last weekend is a bolt from the blue.