Cheika ready to throw Edinburgh to Leinster’s Lions

TIMING is everything. And Leinster coach Michael Cheika hopes to get it right by re-introducing some of his international stars for the Magners League clash with Edinburgh at Murrayfield tonight.

Luke Fitzgerald, Jamie Heaslip and Rob Kearney will make their first starts of the season for the trip to the Scottish capital. Kearney is full-back in a back three which also includes Shane Horgan and Fitzgerald, with Fergus McFadden partnering Gordon D’Arcy at centre and Eoin Reddan lining up alongside Shaun Berne at half-back.

In the pack, skipper Leo Cullen starts alongside Nathan Hines with Heaslip forming a formidable back three alongside two recent Academy graduates Sean O’Brien and Kevin McLaughlin. Cian Healy continues in the front row alongside John Fogarty and Stan Wright.