Anticipation of back-row battle excites Doris ahead of Gloucester trip 

Caelan Doris recognises there will be plenty of motivation within a much-changed Gloucester group that have their own European aspirations.

BATTLE-READY: Caelan Doris. Pic: ©INPHO/Evan Treacy

A margin of 57 points separated the two teams when they met at the RDS just a few short weeks ago, but Caelan Doris is anticipating a much tougher test when Leinster face Gloucester in Pool A of the European Champions Cup in Kingsholm on Saturday (kick-off 1pm).

After electing to make 13 changes from the team that defeated Bordeaux-Bègles just six days earlier, Gloucester head coach George Skivington watched on as his charges leaked nine tries in the Ballsbridge venue on December 16 and failed to register a single point in response.