O'Kelly returns to Leinster starting XV

Team News : Malcolm O'Kelly's return to fitness has seen him named in the Leinster team for tomorrow's pivotal Pool 2 clash …

Team News: Malcolm O'Kelly's return to fitness has seen him named in the Leinster team for tomorrow's pivotal Pool 2 clash with Wasps. The Ireland international replaces Devin Toner in the secondrow in the only change from last weekend's win away to Edinburgh.

O'Kelly's return from a neck injury sees Toner drop to the replacements bench with Trevor Hogan dropping out of the match day 22.

Chris Whitaker, meanwhile, has shaken off the knock he sustained at Murrayfield and takes his place at the base of the scrum in a backline that will again have Felipe Contepomi pulling the strings at number 10.

The Wasps starting XV includes two Munster old-boys with Eoin Reddan named at scrumhalf and Jeremy Staunton taking his place at fullback

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Ulster coach matt Williams has made four changes to the side that lost to Stade Francais last weekend with Cillian Willis set to make his first Heineken Cup start for the province when they take on Harlequins tomorrow.

Williams will take over from Isaac Boss for the trip to England while Timoci Nagusa, lock Carlo del Fava and flnaker David Pollock all return.

Nagusa comes in for the injured Clinton Schifcofske, del Fava will replace Ed O'Donoghue and Pollock steps in as Kieron Dawson is rested.

The other good news for Ulster is Stephen Ferris remains fit and will start, while Rob Dewey takes his place on the bench as Mark McCrea misses out on the match day 22.

Teams:

Leinster: G Dempsey; S Horgan, L Fitzgerald, B O'Driscoll, R Kearney; F Contepomi, C Whitaker; S Wright, B Jackman, CJ van der Linde, L Cullen (capt), M O'Kelly, R Elsom, S Jennings, J Heaslip. Replacements: J Fogarty, C Healy, D Toner, S Keogh, C Keane, J Sexton, G Brown

Ulster: B Cunningham; T Nagusi, D Cave, P Wallace, A Trimble; N O'Connor; T Court, R Best, BJ Botha, C del Fava, R Caldwell, S Ferris, D Pollock, R Diack. Replacements: N Brady, J Fitzpatrick, E O'Donoghue, M McCullough, I Boss, I Humphreys, R Dewey.
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Wasps: J Staunton; P Sackey, J Lewsey, R Flutey T Voyce; D Cipriani, E Reddan; T Payne, R Ibanez, P Vickery; S Shaw, T Palmer, J Haskell, T Rees, J Worsley. Replacements: R Webber, P Barnard, R Birkett, S Betsen, M Robinson, M Van Gisbergen, J Hart