Irish Daily Mirror

Leo warns: Tough tests lie ahead PROVE A POINT

- BY PAUL O’HEHIR BY MICHAEL SCULLY

HARRY ARTER has been urged to stick it to Roy Keane tonight by delivering a performanc­e to remember.

The Cardiff City midfielder quit internatio­nal football last month in protest at Keane’s expletive laden rant at him.

Mirror Sport exclusivel­y revealed that Arter, Keane and Jon Walters had a ferocious summer bust-up that rocked the Irish camp.

But having made himself unavailabl­e for the Wales and Poland games, Arter is back to face Denmark after peace talks with Keane.

And Ireland boss Martin O’neill wants the midfielder to prove Keane wrong about him.

“The reason Harry came back is to prove a point,”

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LEO Cullen insisted

Leinster won’t get carried away after starting their Champions Cup defence with a bang.

The Blues ran in eight tries against Wasps for a 52-3 victory and revenge for the 33-6 loss to the same opponents in their last RDS meeting in 2015.

Cullen said: “We just need to be careful we’re not getting ahead of ourselves, we’ve played one game and there are a lot of good teams in Europe.

“There are so many variables over the course of the tournament, we’ll look to try and get better and the challenge of playing four-times champions Toulouse away next is

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TIME TO SHINE Harry Arter is back and will start for Ireland at the Aviva tonight

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