Leinster have named their side for their Magners League clash with Benetton Treviso on Saturday evening.
The side shows seven changes from the fifteen who defeated Cardiff Blues last weekend with Rob Kearney, Eoin O’Malley, Gordon D’Arcy and Eoin Reddan coming in for Shane Horgan, Brian O’Driscoll, Fergus McFadden and Isaac Boss in the backs and Cian Healy, John Fogarty and Rhys Ruddock replacing Heinke van der Merwe, Richardt Strauss and Jamie Heaslip in the forwards.
D’Arcy, Kearney and Reddan start for the province for the first time this season and the trio are named in a backline which also includes Isa Nacewa, who scored 19 points in the 34-23 victory over the Cardiff Blues last weekend.
In the pack, Cian Healy comes into the front row after making a second half appearance last weekend to partner John Fogarty and Mike Ross, while Rhys Ruddock forms a back-row partnership with Sean O’Brien and skipper Shane Jennings.
Isaac Boss, Fergus McFadden and Heinke van der Merwe are named amongst the replacements.
Leinster’s clash with Benetton Treviso kicks off in Treviso on Saturday evening at 6.05pm Irish time.
LEINSTER: Rob Kearney; Isa Nacewa, Eoin O’Malley, Gordon D’Arcy, Luke Fitzgerald; Ian Madigan, Eoin Reddan; Cian Healy, John Fogarty, Mike Ross; Nathan Hines, Ed O’Donoghue; Rhys Ruddock, Shane Jennings (CAPTAIN) Sean O’Brien.
REPLACEMENTS: Richardt Strauss, Heinke van der Merwe, Simon Shawe, Mariano Galarza, Stephen Keogh, Isaac Boss, Fergus McFadden, David Kearney.
