Carbery talk and Leinster's front row injury worries

Updated / Friday, 9 Jan 2026 20:04

Leo Cullen says Leinster have had "some conversations" with Joey Carbery about a return to the province, while they have been dealt a blow ahead of the Investec Champions Cup clash with La Rochelle with three of their frontline prop forwards missing.

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