Leinster sweating on Lowe and Furlong fitness

Leinster will monitor the progress and increase the training loads of both Tadhg Furlong and James Lowe ahead of this weekend's Heineken Champions Cup final.

The influential duo were both injured in the semi-final victory over Toulouse on 14 April.

Lions and Ireland prop Furlong suffered an ankle injury, while winger Lowe hurt his shin.

"Tadhg Furlong and James Lowe (shin) and Nick McCarthy (shoulder) will increase their training load this week and will be continually assessed ahead of Saturday," said the province, who face La Rochelle on Saturday in Marseille (4.45pm).

There was a clean bill of health for hooker Rónan Kelleher who needed a head injury assessment during the 40-17 victory over the reigning champions.

Meanwhile, Jordan Larmour, named man of the match during Leinster's URC win over Munster on Saturday evening, reported no issues and has fully recovered from a hip injury.

In the same game, centre Ciarán Frawley was removed for a head injury assessment, which he passed, but he did not return to play due to a facial injury and will be further assessed this week.

Scrum-half Cormac Foley, a try scorer on his first home start against Munster, picked up a shoulder injury and will also be further assessed this week.

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