Irish internationals Brian O’Driscoll and Jonathan Sexton have been named in the Leinster side for their Magners League clash with the Cardiff Blues on Saturday.
O’Driscoll will join Fergus McFadden in the centre, while Sexton will partner Isaac Boss at half-back.
Mike Ross and Shane Jennings have also been selected in the starting fifteen, while Cian Healy and Eoin Reddan have been named on the bench.
Ross has recovered from injury to take his place in the front-row alongside Richardt Strauss and Heinke van der Merwe, while Jennings joins fellow Ireland internationals Jamie Heaslip and Sean O’Brien in the back-row.
The game between Leinster and the Cardiff Blues kicks off on Saturday at 6.30pm in the RDS.
Leinster: Luke Fitzgerald; Shane Horgan, Brian O’Driscoll, Fergus McFadden, Isa Nacewa; Jonathan Sexton, Isaac Boss; Heinke van der Merwe, Richardt Strauss, Mike Ross; Nathan Hines, Ed O’Donoghue; Sean O’Brien, Shane Jennings (CAPTAIN), Jamie Heaslip.
REPLACEMENTS: John Fogarty, Cian Healy, Simon Shawe, Mariano Galarza, Dominic Ryan, Eoin Reddan, Ian Madigan, Eoin O’Malley
