What Irish TV channel is Leicester Tigers vs Leinster on? Stream, kick-off time and odds for European Champions Cup game

The Irish Sun
 
What Irish TV channel is Leicester Tigers vs Leinster on? Stream, kick-off time and odds for European Champions Cup game

LEINSTER can make it four wins from four in the European Champions Cup when they face Leicester Tigers this weekend.

Leo Cullen's side go into the game having already beaten Stade Francais, Sale Sharks, and La Rochelle in their previous outings.

Here's everything you need to know about the match.

Leicester Tigers vs Leinster takes place on Saturday afternoon.

Kick-off at the Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium is at 3:15 pm.

The game will be shown live on TNT Sports 1, with coverage starting at 3pm.

For streaming fans, Leicester Tigers vs Leinster will be available to view with a NowTV subscription.

The big news coming out of the Leinster camp is that concerning the out-half slot.

Ciaran Frawley - who suffered a back injury in the win over Stade Francais - misses out, with Harry Byrne deemed to have recovered enough from an ankle injury to start.

Both men were included by Andy Farrell in his Irish squad for the Six Nations earlier this week.

Leicester Tigers: Freddie Stewart, Harry Simmons, Matt Scott, Dan Kelly, Ollie Hassell-Collins, Handre Pollard, Tom Whiteley; James Cronin, Julian Montoya, Joe Heyes, Harry Wells, Ollie Chessum, Hanro Liebenberg, Tommy Reffell, Jasper Wiese.

Replacements: Archie Vanes, Francois van Wyk, Will Hurd, Sam Carter, Kyle Hatherell, Ben Youngs, Jamie Shillcock, Solomone Kata.

Leinster: Hugo Keenan, Jordan Larmour, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe, Harry Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong, Joe McCarthy, James Ryan, Ryan Baird, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris.

Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Cian Healy, Michael Ala'alatoa, Ross Molony, Jack Conan, Luke McGrath, Sam Prendergast, Tommy O'Brien.

Leinster are big favourites to maintain their perfect start to the competition, and are valued at 1/5.

Leicester, meanwhile, are priced at 7/2 to pull off the upset, while the draw is out at 20/1.

Leinster have a favourable recent record against their English rivals, having beaten them on the last four occasions.

The most recent was in April, when they ran in seven tries - including a penalty try - in a 55-24 drubbing.

However, speaking ahead of the game, assistant coach Andrew Goodman said he is expecting a tough battle in one of English rugby’s most famous grounds.

He said: “Leicester have a clear DNA – especially in Welford Road. They have a clear way of how they want to play the game.

"We will need to step up across the board from last week’s performance, especially away from home.”