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Investec Champions Cup semi-final
Venue: Croke Park, Dublin Date: Saturday, 4 May Time: 17:30 BST
Coverage: Live commentary connected BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra; unrecorded matter updates connected BBC Sport website and app.
Northampton Saints skipper Lewis Ludlam will miss his side's Investec Champions Cup semi-final against Leinster connected Saturday because of a enarthrosis injury.
Flanker Courtney Lawes skippers nan Saints astatine Croke Park, pinch Ollie Sleightholme besides missing retired aft suffering a concussion.
Sam Graham moves to openside flanker, while number 8 Juarno Augustus comes into nan broadside that were defeated by Harlequins astatine Twickenham past weekend.
Winger Sleightholme, who has been a regular starter this season, scored a effort successful Northampton's dominant victory against South African broadside Bulls successful their quarter-final.
Despite nan nonaccomplishment of Sleightholme, England full-back George Furbank makes up an breathtaking backmost 3 alongside James Ramm and nan returning George Hendy.
This intends Tommy Freeman, who impressed during nan Six Nations connected nan helping for England, forms a midfield business pinch Fraser Dingwall.
Leinster's Ciaran Frawley and Jamie Osborne some commencement for nan Irish province, who person their ain wounded problems, pinch Ireland centre Garry Ringrose and full-back Hugo Keenan again missing out.
Frawley and Osborne proceed astatine full-back and wrong centre aft impressing successful Leinster's quarter-final victory complete back-to-back champions La Rochelle.
In nan absence of co-captains James Ryan and Ringrose, Caelan Doris skippers nan broadside from number eight.
Last year's runners-up make 2 changes from their quarter-final starting XV, arsenic Ross Molony and Josh van der Flier some return to nan pack.
Flanker Will Connors was picked up of Van der Flier for nan quarter-final and misses retired connected nan matchday squad, pinch fastener Jason Jenkins moving to nan bench.
In affirmative wounded news, inferior backmost Jimmy O'Brien returns among nan replacements aft recovering from a cervix wounded that ruled nan 27-year-old retired of nan Six Nations.
Both sides person won each six of their matches successful nan title and recorded convincing wins successful their last-eight games.
However, Northampton person won conscionable 1 of their past 10 meetings pinch Leinster.
Leinster: Frawley; Larmour, Henshaw, Osborne, Lowe; R Byrne, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Furlong, Molony, McCarthy, Baird, Van der Flier, Doris (capt).
Replacements: Kelleher, Healy, Ala'alatoa, Jenkins, Conan, McGrath, H Byrne, O'Brien.
Northampton: Furbank; Ramm, Freeman, Dingwall, Hendy; Smith, Mitchell; Waller, Langdon, Davison, Moon, Coles, Lawes (capt), Graham, Augustus.
Replacements: Matavesi, Iyogun, Millar-Mills, Mayanavanua, Scott-Young, James, Litchfield, Seabrook.
Referee: Mathieu Reynal (Fra)
