Jamie Heaslip poised to feature for Leinster Rugby

Leinster’s game has started to gel, and at just the right time, in recent weeks but mixed messages continue to emanate from their UCD HQ over the availability or otherwise of Cian Healy and Sean O’Brien.

It’s only a few weeks since scrum coach Marco Caputo’s upbeat update was diluted by a clarification from the media department and there were more conflicting messages yesterday ahead of the weekend’s Champions Cup crunch against Wasps.

Skills coach Richie Murphy described both Healy and O’Brien as live possibilities this week, although the official line remains Matt O’Connor’s from earlier this month when he suggested neither were likely for European action this month.