Match Thread: Leinster A V Edinburgh 19:35 TG4/BBC Alba, 15/04/16

Leinster have controversially picked a highly experimental side to play a crunch match against 6th place Edinburgh.

In a shock decision, Sexton has been dropped to play Madigan at 10, a move which can only be described as 'getting your money's worth' before the heir apparent to the Irish 10 moves to Bordeaux. (waht? Paddy who? Is he from the north side?).

Similarly, Ben "I'm in it for the money" T'e'o has replaced the messiah, when surely we should just be paying him to hold some tackle bags until he leaves.

On a lower key, Jamie Heaslip has been replaced by Jordi Murphy who lately has shown a higher ability to prance about like a pony while wearing bang and olufsen headphones: "Everyone knows Beats are too heavy on the low end", explained the young Catalonian.

These key areas will surely spell a tight defeat for a young and inexperienced Leinster team with only 17 Internationals and 2,076 caps between the 23.

Edinburgh by a gazillion.

Leinster A

15. Rob Kearney
14. Fergus McFadden
13. Ben Te'o
12. Noel Reid
11. Luke Fitzgerald
10. Ian Madigan
9. Luke McGrath

1. Cian Healy
2. Richardt Strauss
3. Mike Ross
4. Ross Molony
5. Mick Kearney
6. Rhys Ruddock (c)
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Jordi Murphy

16. Sean Cronin
17. Peter Dooley
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Devin Toner
20. Dominic Ryan
21. Eoin Reddan
22. Cathal Marsh
23. Dave Kearney


Edinburgh

15. Blair Kinghorn
14. Damien Hoyland
13. Chris Dean
12. Phil Burleigh
11. Tom Brown
10. Jason Tovey
9. Sam Hidalgo-Clyne

1. Alasdair Dickinson
2. Ross Ford (c)
3. WP Nel
4. Anton Bresler
5. Ben Toolis
6. Jamie Ritchie
7. John Hardie
8. Cornell Du Preez


16. Stuart McInally
17. Rory Sutherland
18. John Andress
19. Alex Toolis
20. Magnus Bradbury
21. Hamish Watson
22. Sean Kennedy
23. Mike Allen