What Irish TV channel is Leinster vs Sale Sharks on? FREE stream, kick-off time and odds for Champions Cup tie

LEINSTER should have minimal difficulty dispatching of a weakened Sale Sharks team this weekend.

Having finally gotten one over on recent conquerors La Rochelle in their Champions Cup opener, the rest of Pool 4 looks very manageable.

Here is everything you need to know about how to catch Leo Cullen's men in action on Saturday:

Action will get under way at the RDS from 5:30pm.

Unlike last weekend's plumb tie, this one will be on free-to-air as well as TNT Sports.

So you have the choice of either RTE Two or TNT Sports 1 if you are a subscriber with the revamped British broadcaster.

The RTE Player does of course offer a free streaming option for anyone without a television.

Yeesh. The Blues are 26 point favourites at 1/100 while the Premiership outfit are all the way out at 40/1.

A draw is set at 50/1.

Leinster team: Hugo Keenan; Jordan Larmour, Garry Ringrose (co-capt), Robbie Henshaw, Jimmy O’Brien; Ciarán Frawley, Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Thomas Clarkson; Jason Jenkins, James Ryan (co-capt); Ryan Baird, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris.

Replacements: Rónan Kelleher, Cian Healy, Michael Ala'alatoa, Joe McCarthy, Jack Conan, Ben Murphy, Sam Prendergast, Charlie Ngatai.

Leinster assistant coach Andrew Goodman spoke earlier in the week about how much Sunday's 16-9 win in the wind and rain meant to the whole team.

He said: “It was a slog-fest over there in France in those conditions, it wasn’t much ball movement, so the defensive collisions were big.

“It was great character, some great character moments and effort moments that you celebrate in a performance like that.

"It’s more around celebrating the efforts — the back-to-back efforts that people made.

“We knew it was going to be a tussle that we needed to stay in for 80 to 85 minutes because they’re a great side with a great record at home.

“Any away game in France, to come away with four points is a great day at the office.

“You add in La Rochelle, the history we’ve had with them and the side they’ve got. It was a big one for us.

“But it’s only one game. We need to back it up with a better performance this week at home.”