Leinster recruit heavy artillery for Ospreys clash

Rewind a few weeks and there wasn’t a whole lot to sell tonight’s game.

Ireland were still in the midst of their Six Nations campaign, there was no word on when Brian O’Driscoll or Leo Cullen would return from injury and Brad Thorn had yet to sign on the dotted line.

Now? Now all three are starting for Joe Schmidt’s side this evening against the third-placed Ospreys and over 17,000 have already bought tickets as the focus shifts with haste from the faltering national side to our flagship provinces.