RTÉ Sport Journalist
For those Leinster players not included in the Ireland squad for the Six Nations, the next few weeks offer an opportunity for game-time and to catch the eye.
That applies to Josh Murphy, with spaces in the back row opening up with a number of his colleagues away on international duty for the coming weeks. It s huge, the 25-year-old said at Leinster s press conference ahead of Saturday s Guinness Pro14 fixture against Scarlets. It s always a really big window for us in here and all the academy lads get to come up as well and show their stuff, so training stays really competitive and it s a really good opportunity for people to put their hands-up and get some time on the pitch to really show what they can do instead of just in training,