Lansdowne wait on players' fitness
Lansdowne will wait on the fitness of backs Brian O'Mahony, Karl Becker and Killian Kennedy and openside Liam Toland before settling on the side to face St Mary's College at Templeville Road.
UCD are already short of prop Michael Moynagh and number eight Des Dillon and may be without the Blaney brothers, David and Dermot, for their crucial encounter with fourth-placed Buccaneers at Belfield.