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No Sevens contact with Paris 2024 looming - and the talented back doesn't think any 15s player from the provinces will be crossing over ahead of the summer Games at this stage

It is believed that approximately 2,000 of the tickets were sold to Northampton Saints fans, with the cost of accommodation in Dublin a major reason for a small take-up.

Leinster ring the changes in SA, where Munster are rolling out the big guns and Finlay Bealham hits the 200 mark in Galway

Over 65.000 tickets were snapped up between the pre-sale for season ticket holders and then the public ticket sale starting this morning

The Connacht and Ireland star is planning to be back into the action soon and is excited for the summer tour in South Africa

“It wasn’t about money for Jordie, he could’ve earned a lot more money in Japan but he wants to be in a really competitive competition testing himself week in, week out against the best players sin the world that are up there.”

Leo Cullen's side will be moving out of the RDS next season and the Aviva Stadium will be Leinster's main home in 2024/2025.

Stars react to the Blues swooping to bring two big names from the Hurricanes for next season

Tickets for the game will go on sale to season ticket Holders on Friday morning at 10am and a link will be emailed in advance of the tickets going on sale

New Zealand rugby star Jordie Barrett is joining Leinster for seven months from the Hurricanes

Tyler Bleyendaal will replace Andrew Goodman in the summer, making him the second Hurricanes acquisition by the province in 24 hours

"It was taken the wrong way and I'd say that’s because they’d just been pumped by 50."

The 27-year-old will come to Dublin on a sabbatical from the New Zealand Rugby Union

RG Snyman and Calvin Nash among the players returning in time for the two-game trip

Leo Cullen had appealed to EPCR not to out-price fans and there are €18 tickets available for Hill 16

"Dan is a world-class talent who continues to set the bar high in world rugby"

The Blues were unhappy with the cost of tickets for last year's last four clash with Toulouse at the Aviva Stadium and the ground didn't sell out

Out-half Byrne missed the province's 2009 semi-final but the man of the match against La Rochelle is no stranger to the GAA's iconic stadium

Champions Cup bosses reveal when tickets are to go on sale to the public

Rugby Union action from the Stadio Comunale Monigo

Ireland win at Musgrave Park

Speaking after the Champions Cup trouncing of La Rochelle, Cullen said of the Blues support: "It means a hell of a lot to the team. Hopefully that stays strong and the crowd, but that's a few weeks away"

The Corkman predicts Leinster and Toulouse are the two big teams left in the competition

Leinster raced into a 23-6 lead but a try at the end of the first half for Ronan O'Gara's defending champions left the contest on a knife-edge. But the Blues were imperious from the restart.

Both teams are full of international stars as they face up in the Champions Cup knock-out stages for the fourth season in a row

Ireland have had a tough start to the Six Nations but eye a big performance.

Peter O'Mahony will be around for one more year.

With a sell-out crowd expected, the Blues boss said: "You’d love it if all of Ireland got behind you. That’s not the way it works, as we know"

Women's Six Nations - Ireland meet Wales in Cork

"With all due respect it's an opposition we need to try and take care of to get to where we want to go"