O’Driscoll back to boost Leinster

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.

Both came through training with no reported ill-effects yesterday.

With Brad Thorn also set to make his debut and Rhys Ruddock confirming he has signed a contract to stay in Dublin for another two years, this has been a good news week for Joe Schmidt & Co. It isn’t so long since Leinster were contemplating the season’s run-in without the services of either Cullen or O’Driscoll and the recovery of the latter, two months ahead of schedule, has been as impressive as anything he has achieved on the field of play.