Carbery at 15 once again as 4 Kildare men included in Leinster squad for Champions Cup quarter-final

Joey Carbery will continue to occupy the number 15 jersey for Leinster this weekend when the province host Wasps in the eagerly anticipated Champions Cup quarter-final at the Aviva.

The Athy man holds onto the 15 jersey as regular full-back Rob Kearney misses out through injury, while head coach Leo Cullen has resisted the temptation to slot the more experienced South African Zane Kirchner into that role. Predominantly and outhalf, Carbery has impressed for the Blues since starting at full-back upon his return from an ankle injury in February, and he will again line up alongside Kill man Adam Byrne in the back three.

Tomorrow night's meeting with the Coventry-based club represents the biggest game of Byrne's career to date, and he will have the Irish centre partnership of Garry Ringrose and Robbie Henshaw providing go-forward ball for him on the wing.

Other Kildare men involved tomorrow night are James Tracy and Fergus McFadden, with both men expected to feature off the bench, though Jamie Heaslip does miss out after suffering a back injury in the warm-up for Ireland's final Six Nations game against England two weeks ago.