Healy eyes Connacht double delight

Dublin-born winger Matt Healy is hoping Connacht can do the double over Leinster for the first time ever in the history of the league.

Connacht defeated Leinster 10-9 at the Sportsground in September and will go to the RDS with confidence. Healy, in his third season with Connacht, is hoping the province take another step towards a first ever top-six finish. They will go into that clash on the back of a largely second string side carved out a superb 29-27 win in Bayonne in the Challenge Cup at the weekend.

“It was a great win that gives us confidence going into the Christmas period,” said the 25-year-old, who also has derby games against Ulster and Munster to look forward to.