New signings in Leinster squad for Edinburgh game

Michael Cheika has included new signings Juan Francisco Gomez, Chris Keane and Stephen Knoop in the Leinster squad to play Edinburgh in the opening game of the Magners League season in the RDS on Saturday.

There will be eight full internationals on view in the returned pair Leo Cullen and Shane Jennings and Bernard Jackman, Trevor Hogan, Jamie Heaslip, Keith Gleeson, Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald.

The team is expected to be named on Friday lunchtime.

LEINSTER SQUAD (v Edinburgh):

FORWARDS: S. Wright, J. Gomez, C. Healy, S. Knoop, B. Blaney, B. Jackman, L. Cullen, D. Toner, T. Hogan, C. Jowitt, K. McLaughlin, S. Keogh, J. Heaslip, K. Gleeson, S. Jennings;

BACKS: C. Whitaker, C. Keane, C. Willis, J. Sexton, C. Warner, M. Berne, F. McFadden, F. Carr, R. Kearney, L. Fitzgerald, R. McCarron