Leinster's Conway to make season debut

Ireland U20 Andrew Conway will make his first appearance of the season for Leinster against Edinburgh in Saturday’s Magners League clash at The RDS (KO: 6.05pm).

Inexperienced half-backs Paul O’Donohoe and Ian Madigan have been give license to orchestrate Leinster’s attack with Shaun Berne and Rhys Ruddock among those named on the bench.

Leo Cullen leads the team on his 140th appearance and partners Nathan Hines in the second row for the visit of the Scottish side on Saturday evening.

LEINSTER (v Edinburgh):

15: Isa Nacewa

14: Shane Horgan

13: Eoin O’Malley

12: Fergus McFadden

11: Andrew Conway

10: Ian Madigan

9: Paul O’Donohoe

1: Heinke van der Merwe

2: Richardt Strauss

3: Clint Newland/Mike Ross

4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN

5: Nathan Hines

6: Dominic Ryan

7: Shane Jennings

8: Stephen Keogh

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Jason Harris-Wright

17: Jack McGrath

18: Simon Shawe

19: Devin Toner

20: Rhys Ruddock

21: Isaac Boss

22: Shaun Berne

23: David Kearney