Team News: Leinster coach Michael Cheika has called upon all the returning Ireland players available to him for tomorrow night's Magners Celtic League clash with Glasgow at the RDS.
Rob Kearney, who excelled at fullback for Ireland in the penultimate Six Nations match against Wales, will wear the number 15 jersey in a backline that also includes wingers Luke Fitzgerald and Shane Horgan.
In the continued absence of the injured Brian O'Driscoll and Gordon D'Arcy, Christian Warner and Michael Berne will form the midfield partnership.
Up front, Bernard Jackman and Jamie Heaslip return to domestic action while Malcolm O'Kelly joins Leo Cullen in the second row.
Elsewhere Connacht coach Michael Bradley has made three changes to his starting line up ahead of their clash with Edinburgh in Murrayfield on Friday (7.30pm).
John Lyne and Andrew Browne are set to make their first competitive starts for the province. Lyne, who has recovered from his calf injury which left him sidelined for the majority of the season, performed well in last week's 'A' match against Ulster.
Browne, who last played for Connacht against Munster in December but has been instrumental in helping Galwegians reach the semi-final of the AIB Cup, will partner captain Andrew Farley in the secondrow.
Tim Donnelly will start at outhalf with the rest of the backline remaining unchanged since the province's last outing against Leinster three weeks ago. Connemara's Troy Nathan is included among the replacements for the first time.
Leinster: Kearney; Horgan, Warner, Berne, Fitzgerald; Contepomi, Whitaker; le Roux, Jackman, Wright; Cullen, O'Kelly; Jennings, Gleeson, Heaslip. Replacements:Blaney, Cian Healy / Stephen Knoop, Hogan, Keogh / Jowitt, Keane, Sexton, Brown
Connacht: G Duffy; K Matthews, M Mostyn, M
Deane, A Wynne; T Donnelly, C O'Loughlin; J Lyne, A Flavin, R
Morris; A Browne, A Farley; J Muldoon, J O'Connor, C Rigney.
Replacements:J Merrigan, B Wilkinson, R Loughney,
D Gannon, M McCarthy, C McPhillips, T Nathan.
Not considered due to injury:J Hearty (hip), R Ofisa (arm), M Swift (kidney), O Treviranus (leg).
