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Northampton are certainly not standing off Leinster in these opening exchanges. 4 mins — Leinster 0-0 Northampton: And another Northampton penalty, this one against James Lowe who got in the way of a Saints attempt to quickly recycle possession. 10 mins ago 3 mins — Leinster 0-0 Northampton: And then Northampton win the scrum penalty! Referee Pierre Brousset lays down an early marker for the set piece. 12 mins ago 2 mins — Leinster 0-0 Northampton: Smashing defence by Northampton and a big early win. They don’t compete at the lineout, but then hold up Leinster at the maul to win the scrum. 13 mins ago 1 min — Leinster 0-0 Northampton: A Leinster penalty inside the first 40 seconds for Northampton playing the ball on the ground at the ruck. Prendergast goes to the corner. 15 mins ago KICK OFF: Sam Prendergast gets us underway, kicking into the Northampton 22. 16 mins ago Here come the teams! Just about ready to go. 16 mins ago Of course, if Northampton are to beat Leinster today, not only will it be their first win in Dublin since 2013, but they will have to do something that neither Harlequins nor Glasgow managed to do in the last two rounds of the competition… score a point. 18 mins ago It’s a beautiful sunny early evening in Dublin 4 — let’s hope that we get the game to match. Laszlo Geczo / INPHO Laszlo Geczo / INPHO / INPHO 20 mins ago While we’re counting down the final few minutes to kick-off, here’s Ciarán Kennedy’s match preview: “The province haven’t won this competition since 2018 and yet have placed themselves as the team to beat. As we all know, they scored a whopping 114 points across their round of 16 and quarter-final wins over Harlequins and Glasgow while conceding zero. Today’s opponents gave them a scare in Drumcondra last season thanks to a late flurry of scores, but have not been the same force. Premiership champions in 2024, the Saints have won just seven from 15 in the league and sit seventh in the table. “Weigh it up any way and the expectation is that Leinster will win this one with room to spare, but expect Northampton to come out swinging. Their excellent young out-half Fin Smith is the real deal and forms a classy half-back partnership with Alex Mitchell. Fiery flanker Henry Pollock will also relish this stage and comes to Dublin braced for the toughest test of his young career. Winger Tommy Freeman has registered at least one try in each of his last nine starts for club and country.” 22 mins ago TEAM NEWS: Phil Dowson makes just one change to the Northampton side that beat Bristol, with Trevor Davison returning to the front row. 15. James Ramm 14. Tommy Freeman 13. Fraser Dingwall (capt) 12. Rory Hutchinson 11. Tom Litchfield 10. Fin Smith 9. Alex Mitchell 1. Emmanuel Iyogun 2. Curtis Langdon 3. Trevor Davison 4. Temo Mayanavanua 5. Alex Coles 6. Josh Kemeny 7. Henry Pollock 8. Juarno Augustus Replacements: 16. Henry Walker 17. Tom West 18. Elliot Millar Mills 19. Tom Lockett 20. Chunya Munga 21. Angus Scott-Young 22. Tom James 23. Tom Seabrook 23 mins ago TEAM NEWS: Max Deegan and Tommy O’Brien both get the nod to start for Leinster, as does Cian Healy — who is expected to empty himself for the first 20 minutes or so before Andrew Porter enters the fray. On the bench? Jordie Barrett, among others. No big deal. 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. James Lowe 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Jamison Gibson-Park 1. Cian Healy 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. RG Snyman 5. Joe McCarthy 6. Max Deegan 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris (capt) Replacements: 16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Andrew Porter 18. Rabah Slimani 19. Ryan Baird 20. Jack Conan 21. Luke McGrath 22. Ross Byrne 23. Jordie Barrett 26 mins ago Leinster have a return to another Champions Cup final in their sights, but before they start making plans for a trip to Cardiff in three weeks’ time, first they have to take care of Northampton Saints. The bookies make this a 20-point game in Leinster’s favour, but Fin Smith, Henry Pollock and company will hope to have something to say about that. Kick-off at the Aviva Stadium is at 5.30pm. Let’s get the team news… Advertisement Niall Kelly View 7 comments Send Tip or Correction Embed this post To embed this post, copy the code below on your site Email “LIVE: Leinster v Northampton Saints, Champions Cup semi-finals”. Recipient's Email Feedback on “LIVE: Leinster v Northampton Saints, Champions Cup semi-finals”. Your Feedback Your Email (optional) Report a Comment Please select the reason for reporting this comment. Please give full details of the problem with the comment... This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic. 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