Returning Joey Carbery set to be centre of attention as Leinster prepare for Edinburgh

All eyes will be on Leinster’s number 10 at the RDS this evening as Joey Carbery makes a first start for the province since injuring an ankle in the Champions Cup defeat away to Northampton Saints last December.

Carbery catapulted himself into the public’s imagination during the first half of the season when deputising for the injured Jonathan Sexton with his club before featuring for Ireland in the historic defeat of New Zealand and again against Australia.

Paddy Jackson has proven to be a more than able out-half in the green jersey stretching back to South Africa last summer but, with Sexton’s fitness or otherwise still in the realms of the unknown and cover beyond that thin, Carbery’s return to action is to be warmly welcomed.