Casey to lead London Irish into Heineken Cup semi-final

Ireland international Bob Casey will lead London Irish into their first Heineken Cup semi-final against Toulouse at Twickenham on Saturday.

The Irish will look to their razor sharp lineout where Nick Kennedy and Casey do so much damage to privide a steady stream of possession to a backline with Shane Geraghty at out-half instead of the injured Mike Catt.

Former UCD out-half Eoghan Hickey is the only other Irishman involved. He will start on the bench.

London Irish (v Toulouse): 15 Peter Hewat, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Peter Richards, 12 Seilala Mapusua, 11 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Paul Hodgson, 8 Phil Murphy, 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Declan Danaher, 5 Bob Casey (c), 4 Nick Kennedy, 3 Faan Rautenbach, 2 David Paice, 1 Dan Murphy.

Replacements: 16 Tonga Lea'aetoa, 17 Stuart Mackie, 18 James Hudson, 19 Richard Thorpe, 20 Juan Leguizamon, 21 Nils Mordt, 22 Eoghan Hickey.