Leinster stay on point as Gloucester name B-team for Dublin trip

Johnny Sexton is named on the bench for the Champions Cup clash. 

WARMING UP: Jonathan Sexton during a Leinster Rugby squad training session at Energia Park in Dublin. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Leo Cullen insists Leinster will not lack for motivation or focus at the RDS on Friday night after Gloucester’s decision to go with a second-string side for the Heineken Champions Cup fixture.

The English side won their opening Pool A fixture at home to Bordeaux-Begles, claiming a bonus point in the process, but they have all but admitted defeat prior to boarding a plane to Ireland by making 13 changes to their starting line-up.