Frawley at out-half for Leinster, Izychukwu returns for Ulster

Leinster's Ciaran Frawley. Pic: Ben Brady/Inpho

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has named his side to take on Ulster Rugby in Round 15 of the URC on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium (kick-off, 7.35pm).

Luke McGrath captains the side from scrum-half, with Ciarán Frawley named at out-half for Saturday's game.

Robbie Henshaw starts alongside Garry Ringrose in the centre. Tommy O'Brien continues in the 14 shirt with Jimmy O'Brien on the opposite wing and Jamie Osborne named at full-back.

Jack Boyle makes his tenth start of the season with Thomas Clarkson lining up on the other side of hooker Gus McCarthy.

Joe McCarthy partners Diarmuid Mangan, who made his European debut in last week's win over Glasgow Warriors, in the engine room while Alex Soroka, Scott Penny and James Culhane complete a new-look back row.

Dan Sheehan, Andrew Porter and Tadhg Furlong offer the front row reinforcements from the bench alongside fellow forwards RG Snyman and Max Deegan.

Fintan Gunne and Sam Prendergast provide the half-back cover while Liam Turner rounds out the replacements.

Ulster head coach Richie Murphy welcomes back Ireland international forward, Cormac Izuchukwu, and centre, Jude Postlethwaite, into the starting 15 after their respective injuries.

Izuchukwu is the only change to the forward pack that started the Investec Champions Cup knockout defeat against Bordeaux, with captain Alan O’Connor joining him in the second row lock pairing.

The front row sees Andrew Warwick starting at loosehead prop, Rob Herring starting at hooker and Tom O’Toole at tighthead prop.

In an unchanged back-row, James McNabney starts at blindside flanker, with Nick Timoney at openside flanker and David McCann starting at eight.

In a change to the half-back partnership, Nathan Doak comes in at scrum-half to start alongside Jack Murphy at out-half.

In the midfield, Postlethwaite returns to action at outside centre, alongside Ireland international, Stuart McCloskey at inside-centre.

Zac Ward starts again on the right wing, with Jacob Stockdale looking to provide the threat from the left flank. Mike Lowry completes the back-three at full-back.

Murphy said: "We are preparing to go down there and win the game. We have a clear plan and it’s up to us to see if we can implement that and put them under pressure.”

Leinster: J Osborne; T O'Brien, G Ringrose, R Henshaw, J O'Brien; C Frawley, L McGrath; J Boyle, G McCarthy, T Clarkson; J McCarthy, D Mangan; A Soroka, S Penny, J Culhane. 

Replacements: D Sheehan, A Porter, T Furlong, R Snyman, M Deegan, F Gunne, S Prendergast, L Turner.

Ulster:

M Lowry; Z Ward, J Postlethwaite, S McCloskey, J Stockdale; J Murphy, N Doak; A Warwick, R Herring, T O'Toole; A O'Connor, C Izuchukwu; J McNabney, N Timoney, D McCann.

Replacements: T Stewart, C Reid, S Wilson, M Dalton, K Treadwell, J Cooney, S Moore, M Rea.