O’Driscoll and Horgan back for Leinster

Brian O’Driscoll and Shane Horgan make a return to the Leinster side to play Clermont-Auvergne in Friday night's Heineken Cup Quarter Final at The RDS (kick off: 8pm).

The other talking points come from the preference of Stan Wright to Cian Healy at loose-head prop and the return of Nathan Hines to the second row with Kevin McLaughlin back in at blindside.

Otherwise, the team picks itself, more or less, with Leo Cullen the captain and Eoin Reddan and Jonathan Sexton at half-back.

LEINSTER (v Clermont-Auvergne) :

15: Rob Kearney

14: Shane Horgan

13: Brian O'Driscoll

12: Gordon D'Arcy

11: Isa Nacewa

10: Jonathan Sexton

9: Eoin Reddan

1: Stan Wright

2: John Fogarty

3: CJ van der Linde

4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN

5: Nathan Hines

6: Kevin McLaughlin

7: Shane Jennings

8: Jamie Heaslip

Replacements:

16: Bernard Jackman

17: Mike Ross

18: Cian Healy

19: Malcolm O'Kelly

20: Stephen Keogh

21: Paul O'Donohoe

22: Shaun Berne

23: Girvan Dempsey