O'Driscoll back for crunch clash

Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll will join the Leinster squad for the first time this season for the crunch Magner's League encounter with Munster in Saturday's sell out at The RDS.

There is still no sign of CJ van der Linde, leaving Stan Wright and Mike Ross to battle it out for the tigh-head position.

The 1,200 tickets returned from Munster have been snapped up by Leinster season ticket holders within an hour of going on sale last night.

The Leinster team will be announced at lunchtime on Friday.

LEINSTER SQUAD (v Munster):

FORWARDS: Leo Cullen, John Fogarty, Cian Healy, Jamie Heaslip, Nathan Hines, Bernard Jackman, Shane Jennings, Stephen Keogh, Ronan McCormack, Kevin McLaughlin, Sean O'Brien, Malcolm O'Kelly, Mike Ross, Devin Toner, Stan Wright;

BACKS: Shaun Berne, Gordon D'Arcy, Girvan Dempsey, Luke Fitzgerald, Shane Horgan, Chris Keane, Rob Kearney, Simon Keogh, Fergus McFadden, Isa Nacewa, Brian O'Driscoll, Eoin Reddan, Jonathan Sexton.