Leinster host Clermont Auvergne in the Champions Cup at Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening.

Throw-in is scheduled for 5.30pm, with the game kicking off following the earlier meeting of Ulster and Bordeaux-Begles.

Leinster began their Champions Cup campaign with a 35-12 win away to the Bristol Bears last weekend and are huge favourites to beat Clermont in Dublin on matchday two.

Here are the teams:

Leinster: Jordie Barrett; Liam Turner, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, Jimmy O'Brien; Sam Prendergast, Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Rónan Kelleher, Thomas Clarkson; Joe McCarthy, James Ryan; Max Deegan, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris (capt).

Replacements: Gus McCarthy, Cian Healy, Rabah Slimani, RG Snyman, Jack Conan, Fintan Gunne, Ross Byrne, Andrew Osborne.

Clermont Auvergne: A Newsome; L Tauzin, P Fouyssac, G Moala, A Raka; I Simone, B Jauneau; E Falgoux, E Fourcade, M Ala’alatoa; P Yato, R Simmons: K Tixeront, A Fischer, F Lee (capt).

Replacements: B Massa, G Akhaladze, C Ojovan, O Rixen, A Chalus-Cercy, S Bezy, B Urdapilleta, T Giral.

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Key Events

Eamon Doggett

Leinster 15-7 Clermont

Clermont's Yato is shown a yellow card for taking out Prendergast after the Leinster half tried a chip and chase. It is an easy penalty for Prendergast to extend Leinster's lead to eight points. RG Snyman has come on for Joe McCarthy.

48 mins gone

Eamon Doggett

Leinster 12-7 Clermont

Clarkson forces a turnover for Leinster. Prendergast hits a brilliant kick to the corner but Leinster's lineout goes wrong again - this time it is an overthrow.

42 mins gone

KEY EVENT

We are back under way for the second half!

Leinster have a five-point lead heading into the second half. Sam Prendergast kicks off to get things going.

KEY EVENT

Half time 12-7 Leinster

Having stabilised the lineout, Leinster lose one again in the last play of the opening half and Clermont are happy to kick to touch and go into the dressing-room to reset.

Michael Scully

Half-time approaching

A knock-on by Giral from Jimmy O'Brien's clearing kick allows Leinster the chance for a breather just inside their own half.

Into the 40th minute now with a Leinster scrum.

Leinster win a penalty from the set piece and Prendergast fires it to just outside the 22..

Michael Scully

Back to scrappy

Plenty of confusion and booing around the ground as ref Luke Pearce initially fails to spot an off the ball block on Josh van der Flier by Urdapilleta, then Leinster concede a penalty in midfield at the ruck and Clermont are back in their opponents' 22.

Michael Scully

Attendance

There are 34,184 present in the Aviva Stadium this afternoon.

Michael Scully

And here's how Leinster turned defence on their own line into their second try

Michael Scully

A look at Leinster's first try from Garry Ringrose

Michael Scully

Turning on the style

Ringrose shows his star quality with a delicate chip and take in midfield before off-loading to Joe McCarthy, but the big second row knocks on. Scrum Clermont.

Michael Scully

Clermont make a second change

The Top 14 side have lost a second centre, with Theo Giral now on for Pierre Fouysaac.

KEY EVENT

SECOND TRY LEINSTER

In a breathtaking sequence, Leinster turn a almost certain try against them into a score of their own.

Jordie Barrett is proving to be worth every penny of his contract as he was in the right place to scoop up possession on Leinster's line as Clermont full-back Alex Newsome squandered the chance to the lead before Leinster charge forward on the counter.

They won a penalty in Clermont's 22 and Barrett - who else - takes a pass from Prendergast and spins after he is tackled on the try line to dot down, roaring in delight as he does so.

Prendergast's conversion strikes the upright and goes wide.

12-7 Leinster after 27 minutes.

Michael Scully

Barrett saves Leinster!

Jordie Barett is there on the Leinster try-line as Alex Newsome drops the ball forward with a five-pointer at his mercy.

KEY EVENT

TRY LEINSTER

Garry Ringrose crosses the whitewash to score Leinster's first try, with Prendergast working the move brilliantly on the loop with Max Deegan before feeding the outside centre who runs over unopposed.

Prendergast knocks over the conversion and restores parity.

23 minutes gone.

Michael Scully

Another chance for Leinster

Prendergast sends another penalty into the visitors' 22 and this time Leinster win the lineout, they move the ball from right to left and win another penalty on the 5m line.

Prendergast takes a quick tap and gets over the try line but the referee Luke Pearce calls it back. Another Leinster lineout, and a second successful take. Can they get over from here?

Michael Scully

A look at Clermont's opening try

Michael Scully

Moala mashed and Barrett hurt

The Clermont centre was involved with try scorer Raka in trying to hold up Barrett on the charge on halfway, Barrett needed some treatment on his arm but is able to continue while centre Moala is assisted off for a HIA after being in some distress on the ground. Ben Urdapilleta is his replacement.

17 minutes gone.

Michael Scully

Lineout issues

The Blues do well to win a lineout on Clermont's 22 but cough up a scrum. Kelleher, James Ryan and co have to sort themselves out quickly as that's three out of three that have gone awry at the set piece.

Michael Scully

Jordie Barrett collects

Leinster's Jordie Barrett (Image: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland )
Michael Scully

Chance gone

The lineout hasn't started well for the hosts and the ball is lost, with Clermont clearing their lines. Leinster run it back but Turner's forward pass hands Clermont a handy scrum just outside their 22.

14 mins gone.

Michael Scully

Penalty to Leinster

Liam Turner is caught high by Georgae Moala and Sam Prendergast kicks from just inside the Clermont half to their 5m line. Chance here for the Blues.

Michael Scully

Leinster respond

As we've come to expect the Blues are quickly down to business after a setback and they make their way into Clermont's 22, winning a scrum in a central area.

However Andrew Porter finds himself isolated on the left flank and Clermont's skipper Fritz Lee wins an important turnover.

10 mins.

KEY EVENT

TRY CLERMONT

It's been sloppy stuff from Leinster and Pierre Fouyssac's burst through opens the door; Alivereti Raka takes advantage to score the first try in the 5th minute, with Baptiste Jauneau adding the extras.

7-0 to the visitors!

Michael Scully

Scrappy start

It's cold out there and both sides are warming up with some errors; Jordie Barrett won his first ball in the air but Sam Prendergast couldn't hold an early pass. Leinster have just lost the first lineout, just outside their own 22 off Rónan Kelleher's throw.

4 mins on the clock.

Michael Scully

Game on

Clermont kick off and Leinster are attacking the Havelock Square end of the ground

Michael Scully

Ulster in trouble

It has just finished at Kingspan Stadium and Ulster, despite going toe to toe with Bordeaux Begles for so long, eventually went down to a heavy 40-19 defeat on home soil.

The second placed team in the Top 14 scored three tries in the final 10 minutes to kill off Richie Murphy's side, with Joey Carbery even cocking an ear to the Ulster faithful after a superbly hit conversion.

It followed last week's 40 point defeat at the hands of the Top 14's top team - and the reigning Champions Cup holders - Toulouse.

Murphy gambled by keeping many of his frontliners in reserve for today's game in Belfast but it failed to pay off, with Ulster conceding over 100 points in two games and their hopes of progressing to the knock-out stages are fading fast.

Michael Scully

Star man Jordie Barrett's thoughts

There has been a big focus on Jordie Barrett since his arrival just over a fortnight ago and he lived up to the hype with his performance off the bench last Sunday in Bristol. There is also a massive interest in where the All Blacks star will play in the Blues' star-studded backline.

Today he will line out at full-back as Hugo Keenan, Jamie Osborne and Ciarán Frawley are all injured, but as he admitted in midweek, the No.15 jersey isn't his preferred one.

Jordie Barrett admits he is targeting one jersey above all as he praises Leinster's new 10

And, in a more general piece, the 27-year-old spoke of why he joined Leinster and his desire to play at the business end of the year in front of family

In it to win it - Jordie Barrett seeking Champions Cup glory with Leinster in front of his folks

Michael Scully

RTE panel want to see Felix Jones brought into the Ireland fold

Speaking ahead of the Leinster v Clermont game, the panel gave their thoughts on Jones' official departure from the England set-up

Michael Scully

Leo Cullen gave some interesting eve of game thoughts on RG Snyman

RG Snyman was again named on the bench for today's game and Leinster's head coach was asked if there was an arrangement in place with the IRFU regarding the use of the in-form second row giant

Leo Cullen addresses questions on RG Snyman's bench role and possible marquee signing for next year

Michael Scully

Leinster are in the Aviva