Ciarán Frawley has put ball in rivals' court, says Leinster coach Robin McBryde

Three games, three different starting out-halves, but the man last in possession of the Leinster 10 jersey looks to be in pole position to start against Munster.

Sam Prendergast started against Edinburgh but is away with Emerging Ireland.

Ross Byrne began the "clunky" win over Dragons in round two, scoring a try and two conversions, while Ciarán Frawley got Leinster's second try and kicked six points against Benetton.

After much debate, which also includes Harry Byrne, about Leinster backing one man to make the out-half jersey their own this season, the BKT URC derby against rivals Munster this Saturday in Croke Park (5.45pm, live on RTÉ) is seen as a potential statement of intent on that front.

Put to forwards coach Robin McBryde about Frawley, who kicked two late dropgoals in Ireland's win over South Africa in July, being favourite to get the nod, the former Wales forward told RTÉ Sport: "That’s the nature of competition for places.

"If you are given the shirt and opportunity and take your chance and you don’t give the coaches a reason not to select you, that’s the goal.

"You put the ball in the other fella’s court and you say, 'right, you have to bring your ‘A’ game to training, day in, day out, good habits every training session’.

"That’s what we strive for, we want them to drive each in order to be successful and we haven’t done that for three years so it’s about time we upped our game a little bit."

The province places huge value on bringing through academy graduates and the benefits this has to the growth and sustainability of the club on a long-term basis.

By March of the 2022/23 season, Cullen had used 61 players across the URC and Champions Cup and, with Leinster the bulk supplier to the national team, regularly need to