Kearney brothers give Blues boost

It seems the Kearney boys are like buses: you wait ages for one to come along and then two turn up one after the other.

No one has waited longer or more impatiently than the pair themselves and the indications are that Dave, the younger of the siblings, will return to Leinster colours this week against Cardiff while Rob’s reintroduction seems more likely a week later in Cardiff.

For Dave, it will be his seasonal bow and, though he is ahead of his rehab schedule, he must feel like he has more than paid his dues in casualty given his last appearance was a two-minute cameo at the tail end of last season’s Pro12 final defeat to Ospreys.