One eye on Ireland squads as Leinster travel to Swansea

Leo Cullen has had the luxury of drafting in five Ireland squad players to his starting XV for this one. Ciaran Frawley gets a first start at No.10 since mid-October, Jamie Osborne lines out at full-back and Jimmy O’Brien on the wing

Head coach Leo Cullen talks to Jimmy O'Brien during Leinster Rugby squad training at UCD 

It’s hard not to look ahead another week, to games on the international front, as Leinster make the short hop across the Irish Sea to face Ospreys at the Swansea.com Stadium on Friday night (kick-off 7.35pm).

Ireland face Wales in Cardiff on Saturday week while an Ireland ‘A’ side operating under the watchful eyes of Mike Prendergast and his coaching staff will face an English equivalent in Bristol’s Ashton Gate the evening before.