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Leinster make one change for Exeter quarter-final clash

Fardy is set to start for Leinster tomorrow
Fardy is set to start for Leinster tomorrow

Leo Cullen has made one change to his team for this Saturday's Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final against Exeter Chiefs (Sandy Park, 5.30pm).

Scott Fardy replaces Ryan Baird in the only change from the team that was supposed to line-out in last week's subsequently cancelled game against Toulon.

Elsewhere, Johnny Sexton, James Lowe and Tadhg Furlong are all starting having been on the bench for the victory over Munster in the final of the Guinness Pro14 last month - that was Leinster's last game.

Ireland out-half Sexton was introduced in that win at the RDS but had to be replaced soon afterwards for a HIA and he didn't return.

Exeter make two changes to their starting line-up. Both come in the front-row where props Ben Moon and Tomas Francis replace Alec Hepburn and Harry Williams. Otherwise, the Chiefs remain unchanged.

Leinster: Hugo Keenan; Jordan Larmour, Rory O'Loughlin, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe; Johnny Sexton (capt), Luke McGrath; Cian Healy, Rónan Kelleher, Tadhg Furlong, Scott Fardy, Devin Toner, Rhys Ruddock, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.

Replacements: James Tracy, Ed Byrne, Andrew Porter, Ross Molony, Ryan Baird, Hugh O'Sullivan, Ross Byrne, Dave Kearney.

Exeter: Stuart Hogg, Olly Woodburn, Henry Slade, Ollie Devoto, Tom O'Flaherty, Joe Simmonds, Jack Maunder; Ben Moon, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Tomas Francis, Jonny Gray, Jonny Hill, Dave Ewers, Jacques Vermeulen, Sam Simmonds.

Replacements: Jack Yeandle, Alec Hepburn, Harry Williams, Sam Skinner, Jannes Kirsten, Stu Townsend, Harvey Skinner, Ian Whitten.

Follow Exeter v Leinster (5.30pm, Saturday) via our live blog on RTE.ie and the RTÉ News app or listen live on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport. 

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