Young look to McEntee squad

There is an exciting look to the young side coach Colin McEntee has selected to represent Leinster against Plymouth Albion in the opening round of the first British & Irish Cup at Brickfields Recreation Grounds on Saturday (KO: 4.30pm).

Centre Brendan Macken and loose forwards Dominic Ryan and Rhys Ruddock are eligible for the Ireland U20s later this season, as are replacements Stewart Maguire and Andrew Conway.

Scrum-half Paul O'Donohoe captains a side also including last season's U20 World Cup players Ian McKinley, David Kearney, Michael Keating and Jack McGrath.

LEINSTER (v Plymouth):

15: Niall Morris

14: Michael Keating

13: Brendan Macken

12: Shaun Berne

11: David Kearney

10: Ian McKinley

9: Paul O'Donohoe CAPTAIN

1: Ronan McCormack

2: John Fogarty

3: Jack McGrath

4: Trevor Hogan

5: Ciaran Ruddock

6: Rhys Ruddock

7: Dominic Ryan

8: Stephen Keogh

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Richardt Strauss

17: Stewart Maguire

18: Mark Flanagan

19: Paul Ryan

20: Simon Keogh

21: Eoin O'Malley

22: Andrew Conway.