Leinster v Ulster: Three key battles that will determine the PRO14 final

Let Marcel Coetzee run free and he can cause havoc, his offloading instincts potentially game-breaking

Robbie Henshaw will have to find a way to penetrate a rock-solid Ulster defensive line led by his opposite number

Robbie Henshaw v Stuart McCloskey: Two big beasts of their respective midfields and both essential to getting their teams on the front foot from inside centre. Leinster, with Ciaran Frawley at number 12, did a great job of limiting McCloskey’s impact with the ball in hand in their first meeting since the restart on August 29 but Henshaw will also have to find a way to penetrate a rock-solid Ulster defensive line led by his opposite number in order to release centre partner Garry Ringrose and a potent back three beyond him of James Lowe, Hugo Keenan and Jordan Larmour.

Josh van der Flier v Marcel Coetzee: Given that Leinster openside Will Connors chop-tackled the hard-running Ulster No.8 Coetzee and his big ball-carrying team-mates out of the game at the Aviva in Round 15 and then repeated the trick against Munster’s CJ Stander in last weekend’s semi-final, there will be a lot demanded of the energetic and hard-working van der Flier tonight.