Leinster name squad to face Treviso

Malcolm O'Kelly, Keith Gleeson and Luke Fitzgerald have all been named in an enlarged, strong-looking Leinster squad to play Benetton Treviso in a friendly at Donnybrook on Wednesday evening, kick-off at 6.30pm.

Malcolm O'Kelly, Keith Gleeson and Luke Fitzgerald have all been named in an enlarged, strong-looking Leinster squad to play Benetton Treviso in a friendly at Donnybrook on Wednesday evening, kick-off at 6.30pm.

Puma Felipe Contepomi is also included alongside the likes of Stephen Keogh and Chris Whitaker.

Released Ireland squad members while Rob Kearney, Kieran Lewis and Jamie Heaslip could also feature after being involved with the Ireland squad in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, the Italians are captained by Marius Goosen and have also named pacey Australian full-back Brendan Williams as well as Italian internationals Gabriel Pizarro, Andrea Marcato and Enrico Pavanello in their starting line-up.

LEINSTER SQUAD (v Benetton Treviso):

BACKS: Guy Easterby, Chris Whitaker, Jonathan Sexton, Felipe Contepomi, Luke Fitzgerald, Fergus McFadden, Christian Warner, Michael Berne, Kieran Lewis, Gary Brown, Ross McCarron, Rob Kearney;

FORWARDS: Harry Vermaas, Stanley Wright, Brian Blaney, Bernard Jackman, Will Green, Cameron Jowitt, Malcolm O'Kelly, Devin Toner, Owen Finegan, Richie Leyden, Stephen Keogh, Niall Ronan, Keith Gleeson, Kevin McLaughlin, Jamie Heaslip.

BENETTON TREVISO XV

15: Brendan Williams

14: Andrea Sartoretto

13: Emiliano Mulieri

12: Marius Goosen CAPTAIN

11: Gabriel Pizarro

10: Andrea Marcato

9: Jacopo Gobbo

1: Augusto Allori

2: Alvaro Tejeda

3: Pedro Di Santo

4: Dion Kingi

5: Marco Wentzel

6: Enrico Pavanello

7: Marco Filippucci

8: William Johnson.

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Matteo Muccignat

17: Mark Riva

18: Brenno Lupini

19: Scott Palmer

20: Zane Ansell

21: Silvio Orlando

22: Gabriele Brussolo

23: Andrea Cendron

24: Angelo Pauletti

25: Massimiliano Perziano.

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