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.
Ronan McCormack, Niall Ronan and Bernard Jackman are among those on a solid looking list of replacements. Harry Vermaas will look to improve his throwing at hook and Reggie Corrigan comes into the front row at loose head prop.
LEINSTER (v Connacht):
15: Girvan Dempsey
14: Luke Fitzgerald
13: Brian O'Driscoll CAPTAIN
12: Shane Horgan
11: Denis Hickie
10: Felipe Contepomi
9: Chris Whitaker
1: Reggie Corrigan
2: Harry Vermaas
3: Will Green
4: Trevor Hogan
5: Owen Finegan
6: Stephen Keogh
7: Keith Gleeson
8: Jamie Heaslip
Replacements:
16: Ronan McCormack
17: Bernard Jackman
18: Malcolm O'Kelly
19: Niall Ronan
20: Guy Easterby
21: Christian Warner
22: Gordon D'Arcy.
The following is the Leinster 'A' team to play Connacht in Galwegians (KO: 3pm):
LEINSTER 'A' (v Connacht A):
15: Ross McCarron
14: Gary Brown
13: Fergus McFadden
12: Michael Berne
11: Stephen Grissing
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Matthew D'Arcy
1: Johnny Wickham
2: Brian Blaney
3: Robert Sweeney
4: Adam Byrnes
5: Devin Toner
6: Cameron Jowitt
7: Sean O’Brien
8: Des Dillon CAPTAIN
Replacements:
16: Cian Healy
17: Keith Doyle
18: Gavin O'Meara
19: Ciaran Potts
20: Jim O'Donovan
21: Paul O'Donohoe
22: Andrew Dunne
23: Fionn Carr
24: James Power.





