Seasonal debut for O'Driscoll

Brian O’Driscoll, Shane Horgan and Girvan Dempsey will make their seasonal debuts for Leinster against Connacht in the Magners League clash at The Sportsground on Friday evening (KO: 6.30pm).

Malcolm O’Kelly and Gordon D’Arcy will be kept in reserve on the bench. That means that Luke Fitzgerald retains his position on the right wing and Trevor Hogan and Owen Finegan will be in the second row.