Much-changed Leinster unlikely to match formidable Ulster

It is just over six months since Leinster dealt so ruthlessly with an emerging Ulster side at Twickenham but the shift in the axis of power has been leaning ever further up the M1 this season.

Just how far it has gone we should see tonight.

Mark Anscombe has named the stronger side, with just three personnel changes from the 15 which began the 10-9 defeat by Northampton in Belfast last Friday. Two have been enforced, with Craig Gilroy benefiting from Tommy Bowe’s ankle injury and Neil McComb taking over in the second-row from the crocked Dan Tuohy.