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Four Leinster players have been ruled out of Friday's interprovincial derby against Connacht but Caelan Doris could return after completing his return-to-play protocols.
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen says Ryan Baird will follow the graduated return to play protocols, but is "OK", after a suffering a nasty fall during this evening's 54-34 win against Sharks in the BKT United Rugby Championship.
Having started the season with wins at Zebre and Dragons, the third leg of the Sharks' northern hemisphere tour against Leinster looked to be one in which they had a free shot at the home side.
Johnny Sexton will make his first start of the season for Leinster when they face the Cell C Sharks at the RDS on Saturday, live on RTÉ and RTÉ Player.
Leinster will be close to full strength for tomorrow's BKT United Rugby Championship meeting with Benetton, with some frontline Ireland internationals among 11 changes to the starting team.
Leo Cullen admitted his Leinster side were physically second best in the latter stages of their URC opener in Zebre on Saturday, but the Blues boss was still happy to dust off the cobwebs with a bonus-point win.
Leinster were left clinging on for a 33-29 United Rugby Championship victory over Zebre Parma in Italy after last season's bottom side threatened to pull off their first victory over the Irish province.
In the backs, Robbie Henshaw is in at 12 alongside Garry Ringrose while the back three of Rory O’Loughlin, Jordan Larmour and Jimmy O’Brien is unchanged.