Big guns named in Leinster squad

Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy, Girvan Dempsey, Malcolm O'Kelly and Shane Horgan have all been named in the Leinster Squad to play Connacht in the Magners League at The Sportsground on Saturday.

In addition, new sensation Luke Fitzgerald and veteran scrum-half Guy Easterby have recovered from knocks to take their places in the 22-man squad.

LEINSTER SQUAD (v Connacht):

Felipe Contepomi, Reggie Corrigan, Gordon D'Arcy, Girvan Dempsey, Guy Easterby, Owen Finegan, Luke Fitzgerald, Keith Gleeson, Will Green, Jamie Heaslip, Denis Hickie, Trevor Hogan, Shane Horgan, Bernard Jackman, Stephen Keogh, Ronan McCormack, Brian O'Driscoll, Malcolm O'Kelly, Niall Ronan, Harry Vermaas, Christian Warner, Chris Whitaker