Team news: Prendergast partners Gibson-Park for Leinster

Luke Marshall, Rob Herring and Billy Burns return from injury and start for Ulster.

INTERPRO BOW: Sam Prendergast during Leinster rugby squad training at UCD in Dublin. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Leinster boss Leo Cullen has named his side to face Ulster in the New Year's Day United Rugby Championship clash.

Cullen has made a number of changes to the squad with only Rob Russell retained from the starting XV that won in Thomond Park on St. Stephen's Day.