Cian Healy will start for a Rhys Ruddock-captained Leinster against Scarlets in Parc y Scarlets tomorrow afternoon.
Leinster head coach Matt O'Connor has made seven changes the team that drew 9-9 with the Ospreys in Swansea last Friday.
Having been retained by Ireland last weekend but not involved in the match-day squad against England, Luke Fitzgerald starts on the left wing.
LEINSTER (v Scarlets): Z Kirchner; F McFadden, B Te'o, G D'Arcy, L Fitzgerald; J Gopperth, E Reddan; C Healy S Cronin, M Moore, M McCarthy, K Douglas, R Ruddock (c), D Ryan, J Conan.
Replacements: R Strauss, M Bent, T Furlong, T Denton, J van der Flier, I Boss, N Reid, D Kearney.
.@RhysRuddock to captain Leinster as @ProperChurch starts v @scarlets_rugby #COYBIB http://t.co/kKAbIUhNrQ pic.twitter.com/kM9PqjKIBA
— Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) March 6, 2015
Meanwhile, Donnacha Ryan is included in a Munster match-day squad for the first time for their Guinness PRO12 clash with Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium tomorrow (2.40).
Denis Hurley is again named as captain in a side which sees three changes to the starting XV that defeated Glasgow Warriors at Irish Independent Park last weekend.
MUNSTER (v Ospreys): JJ Hanrahan; Felix Jones, Keith Earls, Denis Hurley - capt., Ronan O'Mahony; Ian Keatley, Duncan Williams; Dave Kilcoyne, Eusebio Guinazu, BJ Botha; Donncha O'Callaghan, Billy Holland, Dave O'Callaghan, Sean Dougall, CJ Stander.
Replacements: Kevin O'Byrne, John Ryan, Stephen Archer, Donnacha Ryan, Jack O'Donoghue, Neil Cronin, Andrew Smith, Andrew Conway.
Elsewhere, Ireland international back-row forward Iain Henderson has been picked at blindside flanker for the province's clash with Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade on Sunday afternoon (4.0).
Darren Cave will captain Ulster for the first time, while Mike Stanley is named at inside centre and will start his first game for the province in place of the suspended Luke Marshall.
ULSTER (v Dragons) : L Ludik; C Gilroy, D Cave (Captain), M Stanley, M Allen, I Humphreys, R Pienaar; C Black, R Herring, W Herbst, D Tuohy, F Van der Merwe, I Henderson, C Ross, N Williams.
Replacements: J Andrew, A Warwick, B Ross, L Stevenson, R Diack, P Marshall, S Arnold, R Scholes.
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