Stan Wright will again deputise for the injured Will Green at tighthead when Leinster take on Agen in the formidable environs of the Stade Armandie tomorrow afternoon.
Victory in France would give Leinster's bid to top Pool Two of the Heineken Cup a massive shot in the arm but, given that Agen have lost just once at home all season, securing the points will be a tall order.
Wright looked anything but assured at tighthead against a powerful scrum last weekend, indeed he was called ashore at half-time as coach Micheal Cheika rejigged his frontrow, but with another week's training under his belt the 18-stone Cook Islander will again be afforded the opportunity to impress.
"We have analysed their scrum closely this week and we know what
we did right and what we did wrong," Cheika said during the week.
"We will do our homework on all their front-rowers but we're more
interested in what we
need to do; to get the ball.
"Not every scrum went sideways or backward. But there's no doubting that we've got to assess the areas where we struggled. We need to work on our intensity right across the scrum."
The only change in personnel from the side that won 26-10 at Lansdowne Road sees Andy Dunne called up to the replacements bench in place of Kieran Lewis.
Christian Warner is again named at outhalf in the continued absence of playmaker Felipe Contepomi while Shane Horgan has shaken off the illness that has been doing the rounds in the Leinster camp.
It remains to be seen whether Girvan Dempsey or Gordon D'Arcy will be handed the place kicking duties with every point likely to prove vital. Dempsey, who missed three-from-three before handing the responsibility to D'Arcy last weekend, has been working with Ireland kicking coach Mark Tainton during the week.
Leinster(v Agen): G Dempsey; S Horgan, B O'Driscoll (C), G D'Arcy, D Hickie; C Warner, C Whitaker; R McCormack, B Blaney, S Wright; T Hogan, M O'Kelly; S Keogh, K Gleeson, J Heaslip. Replacements: B Jackman, R Corrigan, O Finegan, C Jowitt; G Easterby, A Dunne, L Fitzgerald
