Nathan Hines and Eoin Reddan will make their first starts for the province in Friday's game in Swansea (KO: 7.05pm).

Scrum-half Chris Whitaker will lead Leinster with Brian O'Driscoll located in the centre against Queensland Reds in Saturday's pre-season friendly in Donnybrook, kick-off at 6pm.

The Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Leinster Player of the Month Stephen Keogh returns to the Leinster team to face the Newport Gwent Dragons in the Magners League at Rodney Parade on Friday.

Young backs Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald and veteran prop Reggie Corrigan are the three new men in for Leinster's clash with the Border Reivers in the Magners League at Netherdale on Friday at: 7.30pm.

Leinster were soundly beaten by Dax in their pre-season friendly before 6,000 spectators at the Stade Maurice Boyau last night.

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Coach Michael Cheika has sprung a major surprise in selecting Cameron Jowitt ahead of Eric Miller for Leinster's Heineken Cup Pool 5 clash against the Glasgow Warriors in The RDS tomorrow.

Kieran Lewis holds onto his wing position as Robert Kearney is still slightly troubled by a back strain and Denis Hickie is not yet fit enough to go eighty minutes for Leinster away to Llanelli in the Celtic League on Saturday evening.

For the third consecutive game, the Ireland Under 21 management have named an unchanged starting team to take on France in their final Pool B game in the Under 21 World Cup following wins over Tonga (43-5) and Argentina (26-22).