Cheika includes fringe players in Leinster squad

Fringe players Stephen Keogh, Gary Brown, summer signing Simon Keogh, Felix Jones and Fergus McFadden have been included in the Leinster squad to play Connacht in Sunday's Magners League clash at the Sportsground, Galway (KO: 6pm).

It will be a second chance for Rocky Elsom and CJ Van Der Linde to bed into their new playing environment alongside the likes of Ireland internationals Leo Cullen, Luke Fitzgerald, Trevor Hogan, Shane Horgan and Rob Kearney as well as Argentina's Felipe Contepomi.