Leo Cullen expects Caelan Doris to fit in seamlessly on openside

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen says it's business as usual for his back row in tomorrow night's Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final against Leicester (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player), despite the surprise inclusion of Caelan Doris at openside flanker.

The 25-year-old missed last week's Round of 16 win against Ulster, but comes straight back into the side for the Good Friday meeting with the Tigers.

Notably, Doris will line out at openside flanker in the absence of the injured Josh van der Flier, having only previously started at blindside or number 8 in his professional career.

The Mayo man comes in at '7' at the expense of specialist openside flankers Scott Penny - who is among the replacements - and Will Connors, who misses out on selection.

And while Doris has limited experience in the role, Cullen says it's something they have always prepared for.

"It's something we discuss quite a bit," the head coach said of the selection.

"Scott has been outstanding for us all season but Caelan has also brought something very unique throughout the last couple of seasons, really, hasn't he?

"Clearly Josh is out this week, Caelan was out last week and is back in this weekend and if that dynamic had been there in whatever order of those say four back-rowers, Caelan would be the one who covers 7 anyway and over the course of the last number of seasons, that's something that he has done.

"We have Scott there as well so you think of the relationship of those four back-rowers, Ryan Baird and Jack Conan I thought played really well last week and that was the feeling.

"But yeah, we're blessed, we've got some guys there and Caelan (below) is performing at a world class level, isn't he? We're excited to see how these guys go."

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