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Hooker Dan Sheehan will captain Leinster for their Investec Champions Cup quarter-final against Sale Sharks at Aviva Stadium on Saturday with Caelan Doris ruled out of the game.<\/b><\/p>\n
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen makes three changes in total from the team which started last week’s 49-31 last-16 victory over Edinburgh.<\/p>\n
With Andrew Porter also out, 20-year-old academy prop Alex Usanov will make his first start in the Champions Cup after coming on for Porter at half-time on Sunday.<\/p>\n
James Ryan returns from a calf injury to play in the second row alongside Joe McCarthy while Garry Ringrose is also back and partners Jamie Osborne at centre.<\/p>\n
As a result, Rieko Ioane, who started at centre against Edinburgh, shifts to left wing, while Ryan Baird moves to lock and Jack Conan switches from blindside flanker to number eight in the absence of Doris.<\/p>\n
On the bench, Ronan Kelleher, Jerry Cahir and Scott Penny are recalled to the matchday squad.<\/p>\n
Leinster:<\/b> Keenan: T O’Brien, Ringrose, Osborne, Ioane; Byrne, Gibson-Park; Usanov, Sheehan (capt), Furlong; McCarthy, Ryan; Baird, van der Flier, Conan.<\/p>\n
Replacements:<\/i> Kelleher, Cahir, Clarkson, Deegan, Penny, McGrath, Frawley, Henshaw.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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