JOHNNY SEXTON HAS shaken off the injury which kept him out of Leinster’s opening Champions Cup game to captain the province when they travel to Scotstoun to face Glasgow on Saturday afternoon [KO 1pm, Sky Sports].
The Ireland international missed the win over Montpellier with a dead leg but has recovered to return to Leo Cullen’s side for tomorrow’s Pool 3 clash.
Cullen has made six changes in total from last weekend with Isa Nacewa losing his race to be fit after suffering an ankle injury against the French side, with Noel Reid coming in to partner Robbie Henshaw in midfield.
Fergus McFadden also comes into the backline to replace Adam Byrne with Joey Carbery and Barry Daly retained.
Up front, Cian Healy, Sean Cronin and Scott Fardy come in with the back row unit of Rhys Ruddock, Josh van der Flier and Jack Conan remaining unchanged.
On the bench, there is a welcome return from injury for Dan Leavy while James Ryan, fresh from his European debut, Ross Byrne and Dave Kearney are also among the replacements.
Meanwhile, Stuart Hogg will make his first appearance of the season after being named in Dave Rennie’s Glasgow XV.
Leinster:
15. Joey Carbery
14. Fergus McFadden
13. Robbie Henshaw
12. Noel Reid
11. Barry Daly
10. Johnny Sexton
9. Luke McGrath
1. Cian Healy
2. Seán Cronin
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Devin Toner
5. Scott Fardy
6. Rhys Ruddock
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Jack Conan
Replacements:
16. James Tracy
17. Jack McGrath
18. Michael Bent
19. James Ryan
20. Dan Leavy
21. Jamison Gibson-Park
22. Ross Byrne
23. Dave Kearney
Glasgow:
15. Stuart Hogg
14. Tommy Seymour
13. Sam Johnson
12. Peter Horne
11. Leonardo Sarto
10. Finn Russell
9. Ali Price
1. Jamie Bhatti
2. George Turner
3. Zander Fagerson
4. Tim Swinson
5. Jonny Gray
6. Ryan Wilson (captain)
7. Callum Gibbins
8. Adam Ashe
Replacements:
16. Pat MacArthur
17. Alex Allan
18. D’Arcy Rae
19. Scott Cummings
20. Rob Harley
21. Henry Pyrgos
22. Nick Grigg
23. Lee Jones
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