O’Driscoll set to be fit, D’Arcy out for Amlin final

Brian O’Driscoll is expected to overcome injury in time for Leinster’s Amlin Challenge Cup final against Stade Francais on Friday night, butGordon D’Arcy’s season looks to be all but over.

Both centres were helped offduring last Saturday’s RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final win againstGlasgow Warriors at the RDS, with O’Driscoll falling victim to a back spasm that allowed him feature for just a dozen minutes.

“Brian O’Driscoll is a lot morecomfortable,” said Joe Schmidtyesterday. “His back tightened right up and he was unable to stretch out at all. It has happened a couple of times over the last three to five years.