Hickie returns for Leinster

Coach Michael Cheika admits Leinster "need five points" from their final home Magners League game of the season against The Borders at Donnybrook on Saturday.

Ireland's Denis Hickie returnes to the squad and he is joined by promising Ireland Under-20 backrow Sean O'Brien.

The players selected earlier this week for the forthcoming Ireland tour to Argentina are included - Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip, Trevor Hogan, Bernard Jackman, Rob Kearney and Kieran Lewis - while Churchill Cup bound duo Luke Fitzgerald and Stephen Keogh have also been named.

Limited Tickets are available online at www.leinsterrugby.ie and from Spar (Donnybrook) and the Leinster Rugby Store (Donnybrook).

LEINSTER SQUAD (v Borders):

FORWARDS: Reggie Corrigan, Cian Healy, Will Green, Stanley Wright, Brian Blaney, Bernard Jackman, Owen Finegan, Trevor Hogan, Malcolm O'Kelly, Cameron Jowitt, Stephen Keogh, Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip, Sean O'Brien;

BACKS: Guy Easterby, Paul O'Donohoe, Chris Whitaker, Felipe Contepomi, Christian Warner, Gordon D'Arcy, Shane Horgan, Kieran Lewis, Denis Hickie, Rob Kearney, Girvan Dempsey, Luke Fitzgerald