O'Driscoll to miss Amlin Cup final

ByPA Sport

Published 16/05/2013 at 11:42 GMT

Brian O'Driscoll has been ruled out of the Amlin Challenge Cup final between Leinster and Stade Francais at the RDS.

Brian O'Driscoll has failed to recover from a back injury

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O'Driscoll, part of a 37-man British and Irish Lions squad for the forthcoming tour to Hong Kong and Australia, suffered a back spasm during Leinster's RaboDirect PRO12 victory over Glasgow last weekend.

He did not report for the Lions' initial gathering in London three days ago, yet Leinster were hopeful he would recover in time to face Stade. However, O'Driscoll has lost his fitness race with Fergus McFadden and Ian Madigan forging Leinster's midfield partnership.

Four other Leinster Lions - full-back Rob Kearney, fly-half Jonathan Sexton, flanker Sean O'Brien and number eight Jamie Heaslip - all start against Stade, while prop Cian Healy is on the bench.

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