In his absence, Jack Conan moves to the number eight position, with Ryan Baird moving to the back-row, and James Ryan coming back into the second row.

They gave themselves too much to do as the Exeter Chiefs ran out 31-21 in their round of 16 clash this afternoon.

After being down 12-7 at half-time, the home side scored three tries in the second half to pull ahead. 

It took three minutes for the Irish side to take the lead as they worked it from left to right and Nathan Doak found Tom O’Toole who crashed over from close range.

A busy day of Premier League and Champions Cup action.

Stuart Hogg kicked Montpellier to a 33-31 European Challenge Cup victory over Connacht as the French side clawed back a 17-point deficit