Champions Cup teams: Leinster without Johnny Sexton for Racing 92 opener
Johnny Sexton and Tadhg Furlong will miss Leinster's Heineken Champions Cup opener against Racing 92 due to injury.
Sexton remains sidelined with the calf injury suffered with Ireland while Furlong took a knock to his ankle during Leinster’s win over Ulster last weekend.
Leo Cullen makes three changes to the side that produced a stunning comeback against Ulster, with Ross Byrne continuing his half-back partnership with Jamison Gibson-Park.
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Will Connors, Ian Madigan and Malakai Fekitoa spoke to RTÉ Sport ahead of the opening round of this season's Heineken Champions Cup
Andrew Porter is promoted to the starting line-up in place of Cian Healy, who is named on the bench after his red card was overturned, while Dan Sheehan gets the nod at hooker ahead of Rónan Kelleher.
Caelan Doris is preferred to Jack Conan at No 8 with Charlie Ngatai named in the midfield beside captain Garry Ringrose.
Seventeen of the match-day squad featured in last season’s Champions Cup final defeat to La Rochelle.
Leinster: Hugo Keenan; Jimmy O’Brien, Garry Ringrose (capt), Charlie Ngatai, James Lowe; Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Michael Ala’alatoa, James Ryan, Jason Jenkins, Ryan Baird, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris.
Replacements: Rónan Kelleher, Ed Byrne, Cian Healy, Ross Molony, Jack Conan, Luke McGrath, Harry Byrne, Jamie Osborne.
Mike Haley returns for Munster's visit of Toulouse on Sunday, (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player), but Conor Murray's comeback from a calf injury