It’s the same again for Munster and three changes for Connacht, while Isa Nacewa is the odd man out in the Leinster side named to face Glasgow.
Munster coach Tony McGahan has seen no need to change the side, or the entire match day squad from last weekend’s PRO 12 win over Treviso, with the same 23 on duty for the visit of Castres this weekend.
As a result, Donncha O’Callaghan has to be content with a place on the bench, while Niall Ronan and the mighty Paul O’Connell have both overcome knocks to take their places in the starting XV.
Munster: D Hurley; J Murphy, K Earls, L Mafi, S Zebo; R O’Gara, C Murray; W du Preez, D Varley, BJ Botha; D Ryan, P O’Connell (Captain); P O’Mahony, N Ronan, J Coughlan.
Replacements: D Fogarty, M Horan, S Archer, Donncha O’Callaghan, B Holland, T O’Leary, I Keatley, D Barnes.
Munster’s clash with Castres kicks off in Thomond Park on Saturday at 3.40pm.
Joe Schmidt has named a very strong Leinster side as the Heineken Cup champions look for the win that would secure their passage to the knockout stages. The pack is completely made up of Irish internationals, indeed Isa Nacewa is the only foreigner in the entire XV and he starts on the left wing alongside the Kearney brothers, Rob and David, in the back three.
Firhill Stadium has been a bit of bogey ground for the Blues in recent times, but if they can maintain the form they have shown in the competition to date this season, a victory should be easily within their grasp.
Kick-off at Firhill Stadium is on Sunday at 12.45pm.
Leinster: Rob Kearney; David Kearney, Fergus McFadden, Gordon D’Arcy, Isa Nacewa; Jonathan Sexton, Eoin Reddan; Cian Healy, Sean Cronin, Mike Ross; Leo Cullen (Captain), Devin Toner; Sean O’Brien, Shane Jennings, Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: Aaron Dundon, Heinke van der Merwe, Nathan White, Damian Browne, Rhys Ruddock, Isaac Boss, Ian Madigan, Eoin O’Malley
Elsewhere, Connacht coach Eric Elwood has named the 15 men that face the nightmarish task of trying to achieve their first Heineken Cup win away to Toulouse.
There are three changes to the side that suffered such a disappointing loss to Aironi last weekend with Paul Donohue replacing injury victim Frank Murphy at scrum half, Niall O’Connor filling the number ten jersey and Ray Ofisa coming into the back row.
Connacht take on Toulouse in the Stade Ernest Wallon on Saturday at 4.40pm.
Connacht: Gavin Duffy (Captain); Fetu’u Vainikolo, Kyle Tonetti, Dave McSharry, Tiernan O’Halloran; Niall O’Connor, Paul O’Donohoe; Brett Wilkinson, Adrian Flavin, Dylan Rogers; Michael Swift, Mike McCarthy; John Muldoon, Ray Ofisa, George Naoupu.
Replacements: Ethienne Reynecke, Denis Buckley, Stewart Maguire, Mick Kearney, Eoin McKeon, Dave Moore, Miah Nikora, Henry Fa’afili.
