Stringer in for Munster, Leinster name Nacewa at full-back

Munster and Leinster have named their starting teams for tomorrow's Heineken Cup semi-final showdown at Croke Park.

Girvan Dempsey is on the bench for the Blues after failing to overcome a knock, so Shane Horgan starts on the right wing, with Isa Nacewa moving to full-back.

Leo Cullen will partner Malcolm O'Kelly in the second row, while Brian O'Driscoll lines up at centre alongside Gordon D'Arcy.

Australian international Rocky Elsom starts in the back-row alongside Ireland duo Shane Jennings and Jamie Heaslip.

Peter Stringer, meanwhile, will win his 170th cap for the Reds in the only change from the side that started against the Ospreys in the quarter-final.

Tomas O'Leary's absence through injury means Mike Prendergast provides back-up on the bench.

Munster: P Warwick; D Howlett, K Earls, L Mafi, I Dowling; R O’Gara, P Stringer; M Horan, J Flannery, J Hayes, D O’Callaghan, P O’Connell (capt), A Quinlan, D Wallace, D Leamy.

Replacements: D Fogarty, T Buckley, M O’Driscoll, N Ronan, M Prendergast, B Murphy, D Hurley.

Leinster: I Nacewa; S Horgan, B O’Driscoll, G D’Arcy, L Fitzgerald; F Contepomi, C Whitaker; C Healy, B Jackman, S Wright, L Cullen (capt), M O’Kelly, R Elsom, S Jennings, J Heaslip.

Replacements: J Fogarty, R McCormack, D Toner, S O’Brien, S Keogh, J Sexton, G Dempsey.