LEO CULLEN HAS this afternoon named his Leinster team to face Munster in Saturday’s Guinness Pro14 derby, with Robbie Henshaw returning in one of six changes from last weekend.
The Ireland international will make his first appearance of the season in the Leinster midfield and starts alongside fellow Lions Jack McGrath, Tadhg Furlong and Johnny Sexton, who will once again captain the eastern province.
Sean O’Brien isn’t included in the matchday squad as he drops out along with Dave Kearney, Noel Reid, Fergus McFadden, Sean Cronin and Jordi Murphy from last Friday’s win over Edinburgh.
Joey Carbery, outstanding last week, continues at fullback as Adam Byrne comes in on the right wing, with fellow UCD man Barry Daly coming in on the left for what will be his first ever game in the Aviva Stadium.
Henshaw partners Rory O’Loughlin in midfield with the half-back pairing of Sexton and McGrath retained from last time out. The Ireland out-half is now just five points away from becoming Leinster’s all-time record points scorer.
Up front, James Tracy comes in at hooker while Jack Conan and Josh van der Flier are selected in the backrow in place of O’Brien and Murphy, who drops to a replacements bench which includes Cian Healy.
Over 45,000 tickets have already been sold for the round six clash [KO 2pm], which is also live on Sky Sports and TG4.
Leinster (v Munster):
15. Joey Carbery
14. Adam Byrne
13. Rory O’Loughlin
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Barry Daly
10. Johnny Sexton (captain)
9. Luke McGrath
1. Jack McGrath
2. James Tracy
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Devin Toner
5. Scott Fardy
6. Rhys Ruddock
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Jack Conan
Replacements:
16. Seán Cronin
17. Cian Healy
18. Michael Bent
19. Ross Molony
20. Jordi Murphy
21. Jamison Gibson-Park
22. Ross Byrne
23. Fergus McFadden
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