Kearney has mixed views on Payne red

Tomorrow night’s clash between Leinster and Ulster in the recently redeveloped Ravenhill has been given an extra dimension with the return from suspension of full-back Jared Payne to Mark Anscombe’s squad.

The New Zealand native was controversially dismissed just five minutes into the province’s Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat to Saracens in the same venue.

There has been much debate about the severity of the sanction issued to Payne for his tackle on Alex Goode, and speaking at the launch of Leinster Rugby Summer Camps yesterday, Leinster’s Rob Kearney is still uncertain on the issue.