What time and TV Channel is Leinster v Munster? Kick-off time, TV and live stream details for United Rugby Championship game

Leinster welcome Munster for a big provincial derby clash in the United Rugby Championship this weekend. Here’s all you need to know about the game.

Where and when is it on?

Saturday’s match takes place at the Aviva Stadium with a 7.15pm kick-off.

What’s the team news?

Peter O’Mahony has been ruled out of Munster’s trip to Dublin, where they seek the victory required to guarantee a home quarter-final in the United Rugby Championship.

However, Andrew Conway is back in the team for the first time in months while Mike Haley has also been passed fit.

Jack O’Donoghue captains Munster, with four changes to the side that faced Toulouse in the Champions Cup quarter-final.

Thomas Ahern, Andrew Conway, Dan Goggin and John Ryan all come into the side and a positional switch sees Fineen Wycherley move to the back row.

Leinster boss Leo Cullen will be pleased to welcome back Jordan Larmour and Ryan Baird from injury to start and boost his options ahead of next weekend’s Champions Cup final against La Rochelle.

All of the established European fit front-liners are rested as the returning Larmour slots in at full-back with Rob Russell on his right and Rory O'Loughlin on his left

Leinster: Jordan Larmour, Rob Russell, Jamie Osborne, Ciarán Frawley, Rory O'Loughlin, Harry Byrne, Cormac Foley, Ed Byrne (CAPT), Seán Cronin, Thomas Clarkson, Joe McCarthy, Josh Murphy, Ryan Baird, Scott Penny, Max Deegan

Replacements: John McKee, Peter Dooley, Cian Healy, Devin Toner, Alex Soroka, Ben Murphy, David Hawkshaw, Adam Byrne

Munster: Mike Haley, Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Dan Goggin, Keith Earls, Joey Carbery, Conor Murray, Josh Wycherley, Niall Scannell, John Ryan, Jean Kleyn, Thomas Ahern, Fineen Wycherley, Alex Kendellen, Jack O'Donoghue (C)

Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Jeremy Loughman, Keynan Knox, Jason Jenkins, Jack Daly, Craig Casey, Ben Healy, Rory Scannell

Where can I watch the game?

The match will be shown live on TG4 and & Premier Sports 2. The game is also being streamed live on the TG4 Player and Premier Sports Player.

What can I read about and listen to in the build-up on Independent.ie?

'Were it not for injury to John Hodnett and Gavin Coombes, Munster’s final Champions Cup match-day squad of this season would have featured a majority of forwards under the age of 25.'

David Kelly has spoken to one of Munster's young guns, the 'sky-scraping giant', Thomas Ahern.

'Hugo Keenan has never attended a Heineken Champions Cup final, let alone played in one.'

And Cian Tracey has been talking to Leinster's Hugo Keenan about the upcoming bid for a fifth European Champions Cup.

On this week's episode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald are joined by Cian Tracey to look back on the Champions Cup semi-final weekend.

Leinster are into the final for the first time since 2019 after their very impressive demolition of Toulouse - and Ronan O'Gara is waiting for them after his La Rochelle side saw off Racing 92.

What are the match odds?

Munster are favourites at 2/5 with Leinster 2/1 and the draw priced at 17/1.

What are the coaches saying?

Leo Cullen:

“We want to put on a big performance here next week. There are different layers in the group. You have guys like Johnny (Sexton) who has experienced lots of positive memories and a few tricky ones along the way, as we all have, and then there is a younger group that is striving for success for the first time.

“We’ll have some players that are desperate to put their hand up, that’s what we want to see from them.

“So that’s the thing that’s probably occupying most of my thoughts at the moment, is getting ready for a (Munster) team that we know are very ambitious to be very successful as well..”

Johann van Graan:

“It’s the last round of the league. Every game we play to win. We have to go up to Dublin and put in a performance and be good enough to get a win.

“In terms of being guaranteed a home quarter-final, if we win the game, we’ll have a home quarter-final. That’s the only focus for us, in terms of four tries and in terms of losing bonus points, that’s not in our thinking.