Leinster looking for a comfortable Italian job

There will be no TV or radio coverage accompanying Leinster’s Italian venture tomorrow afternoon but the Guinness PRO12 date with Benetton Treviso won’t slip completely under the radar with Joey Carbery back in harness.
Leinster looking for a comfortable Italian job
Sat, 11 Feb, 2017 - 00:00
Brendan O'Brien

The young out-half starts on the bench this weekend. It will be his first involvement since injuring an ankle away to Northampton Saints in December and any game time he sees will be of interest nationwide given his emergence in green under Joe Schmidt three months ago.

Not to mention Jonathan Sexton’s recent injury profile.

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