Cullen and Jennings face Leicester

Ex-Leicester Tigers forwards Leo Cullen and Shane Jennings will play for Leinster against their former in the opening Heineken Cup Pool 6 encounter in the RDS on Saturday, kick-off at 1.30pm.

Argentinean Felipe Contepomi, six points shy of 300 Heineken Cup career points, will make his first start of the season .

Keith Gleeson will start at six, as Stephen Keogh is out injured, in a back row with Jennings and Jamie Heaslip.

LEINSTER (v Leicester Tigers):

15: Girvan Dempsey

14: Shane Horgan

13: Brian O'Driscoll CAPTAIN

12: Gordon D'Arcy

11: Rob Kearney

10: Felipe Contepomi

9: Chris Whitaker

1: Ollie le Roux

2: Bernard Jackman

3: Stan Wright

4: Leo Cullen

5: Malcolm O'Kelly

6: Keith Gleeson

7: Shane Jennings

8: Jamie Heaslip.

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Brian Blaney

17: Juan Francisco Gomez

18: Cameron Jowitt

19: Kevin McLaughlin

20: Cillian Willis

21: Christian Warner

22: Luke Fitzgerald.