Leinster hoping to bring in the big dogs after disappointing Lions loss

Leinster players after the URC match at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Pic: Shaun Roy/Sportsfile

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen will hope to add up to four Test players to his arsenal as they go after a first win of the campaign on the second leg of the province’s South African tour next week.

The reigning URC champions got their season underway in Johannesburg on Saturday with a one-point defeat to the Lions despite the absence of all bar a handful of their first-choice players who are on tour but still being game-managed.