Furlong on course for Champions Cup final, says Leinster boss Cullen

Tadhg Furlong, Rónan Kelleher and James Lowe are all on course to be fit for Leinster's Heineken Champions Cup final next Saturday.

The trio were all injured in the semi-final win over Toulouse and will sit out this evening’s URC clash against Munster (7.15pm).

Given the importance of next week’s game and the fact that Leinster are already through as top seeds in the URC, they were unlikely to feature this evening in any event.

Tighthead prop Furlong went off in the 17th minute of the semi-final with an ankle issue.

"The lads are coming on well, all three of them," said Cullen.

"Yeah, I think [Tadhg] should be fine. That's the way I understand it at the moment. He should be okay."

Loosehead Cian Healy, who has 245 Leinster and 116 Ireland caps, is, however, down to cover the tighthead position off the bench this evening.

"Cian played tighthead at the start of the season," said Cullen of the 34-year-old.

"Someone in the front-row has to be able to play across the front-row now because as you would have witnessed from the Ireland-Italy game, when nobody shifted across for the contested/uncontested scrums piece and you go down to 13 men.

"Even last weekend, Tadhg went off and so Mike [Ala’alatoa] is getting treated as well for a cut that had.

"So, if say, he had to go off, it's just to get ourselves covered if that situation were to arise, depending on what selection happens next week. It's good.

"Cian really took to playing tighthead incredibly well at the start of the season, so it's just another string to his bow really.

"For a longevity piece, it's an amazing skill-set to have.

"He played hooker as well, many moons ago in a game that I was playing in, away against Racing in a European Cup match. He ended up playing hooker.

"He is