What time and TV Channel is Leinster v Gloucester? Kick-off time, TV and live stream details for Champions Cup gameAfter an impressive start on the road to their Heineken Champions Cup season with a big win at Racing, Leinster open their home campaign with a visit from Gloucester. Here's all you need to know about the game. Where and when is it on? The match takes place at the RDS in Dublin with an 8. 00pm kick-off on Friday. Where can I watch the game? The match will be shown live on RTE 2 from 7.
30pm and BT Sport 1 (7. 15pm). It is also being streamed live on the RTE Player and BT Sport Player. What’s the team news? Leo Cullen has made four changes to the starting team that thumped Racing 92 in their European opener last weekend, with Johnny Sexton named on the bench. The one change in the backline sees Luke McGrath rotate in for Jamison Gibson-Park at scrum-half, while Ronan Kelleher, Ross Molony and Jack Conan all come into the pack. Gloucester have rotated heavily for the visit to Dublin, making 13 changes from the team that beat Bordeaux last time out.
Leinster: H Keenan, J O’Brien, G Ringrose, C Ngatai, J Lowe, R Byrne, L McGrath, A Porter, R Kelleher, M Ala’alatoa, J Ryan, R Molony, C Doris, J van der Flier, J Conan. Replacements: D Sheehan, E Byrne, C Healy, J McCarthy, M Deegan, J Gibson-Park, J Sexton, J Larmour. Gloucester: L Evans, A Hearle, G Kveseladze, B Twelvetrees, J Morris, G Barton, B Meehan, H Elrington, H Walker, C Knight, F Thomas, A Clark, J Polledri, J Clement, A Tuisue. Replacements: S Blake, A Seville, K Gotovtsev, A Craig, H Taylor, C Chapman, S Atkinson, K Moyle. What can I read and listen to about the game on Independent. ie? It was a statement performance from Leinster last weekend and Brendan Fanning has analysis and reaction for you here. On this week's episode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald are joined by Jonathan Bradley to discuss the opening round of the Champions Cup. Ulster are the first team on the agenda after their embarrassing 39-0 defeat to Sale - Jonathan says it is the worst Ulster performance he has seen in eight years covering the team.