URC team news: Sparrow in line for Leinster debut, 100 not out for Ulster's James Hume 

The URC season kicks off this weekend. 

Head coach Leo Cullen during a Leinster rugby squad training session at SACS High School in Newlands, Cape Town this week. Pic: Shaun Roy/Sportsfile

Luke McGrath will skipper Leinster as Leo Cullen's side kick off their URC title defence against the DHL Stormers in Cape Town on Friday (kick off 6pm Irish time, live on TG4 and Premier Sports 1). 

Academy prop Andrew Sparrow is in line to make his senior debut off the bench while Sam Prendergast partners McGrath in the halfbacks.