Leinster make four changes

Rugby: Leinster coach Joe Schmidt has made four changes to the Leinster team for tomorrow’s Heineken Cup clash with Bath

Rugby:Leinster coach Joe Schmidt has made four changes to the Leinster team for tomorrow's Heineken Cup clash with Bath. Gordon D'Arcy has been bothered by a minor niggle that curtailed his training a little during the week and so he drops to the bench, replaced by 23 year old Eoin O'Malley.

Fergus McFadden moves to inside centre to renew a partnership that finished last Sunday’s game against the same opposition at the Rec. Eoin Reddan starts at scrumhalf in place of Isaac Boss, Devin Toner replaces Damien Browne in the secondrow, while Shane Jennings comes into the backrow with Sean O’Brien moving across to blindside flanker.

D’Arcy, Boss and Kevin McLaughlin are included among the replacements where they are joined by Rhys Ruddock, who was not involved in the match squad last weekend.

Dan Hipkiss is injured so Bath have moved Matt Banahan into the centre, switched Nick Abendanon to the wing and brought in Sam Vesty at fullback. There are no further changes to the team that lost 18-13 to Leinster last weekend.

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Leinster:R Kearney; I Nacewa, E O'Malley, F McFadden, L Fitzgerald; J Sexton, E Reddan; H van der Merwe, R Strauss, M Ross; L Cullen (capt), D Toner; S O'Brien, S Jennings, J Heaslip. Replacements: S Cronin, C Healy, N White, K McLaughlin, R Ruddock, I Boss, I Madigan, G D'Arcy.

Bath:S Vesty; J Cuthbert, M Banahan, O Barkley, N Abendanon; S Donald, M Claassens; D Flatman, C Biller, D Wilson, D Attwood, R Caldwell, F Louw (capt), G Mercer, S Taylor. Replacements: R Batty, N Catt, A Perenise, W Spencer, A Beattie, C Cook, T Heathcote, B Williams.

Leinster A (v London Welsh, Donnybrook 2.0, Sunday):D Kearney; A Conway, B Macken, C O'Shea, F Carr; N Reid, J Cooney; J McGrath (capt), A Dundon, J Hagan; N Keogh, M Flanagan; B Marshall, J Murphy, L Auva'a. Replacements: T Sexton, J O'Connell, J Coghlan, C Gilsenan, L McGrath, C Marsh, D Hudson.