Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has made only three changes to his side as they prepare to take on Edinburgh at the RDS at 19 35 tonight.
The changes see Dave Kearney come in on the right-wing, with Max Deegan starting at blindside-flanker and Scott Penny joins Deegan in the back-row making his first start of the season on the openside.
Otherwise it’s as you were with Peter Dooley opening in the front-row alongside last weekend’s hat-trick hero Ronan Kelleher and Michael Bent, as Devin Toner links up with captain Scott Fardy in the engine-room.
Deegan and Penny are on the flanks as mentioned above with the back-row being completed by the ever-improving Caelan Doris, who is at No 8.
Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne continue their impressive half-back partnership, with Joe Tomane and Rory O’Loughlin outside them in the midfield as they too look to continue a fine start to the season as a pair.
James Lowe retains his spot on the left-wing, with Kearney on the right as he looks to add to his hat-trick of tries from the opening weekend and Hugo Keenan completes the starting XV from full-back.
Once again Michael Milne and Harry Byrne take places on the bench as they both seek to get on for their third caps after impressing in the opening two games, with an experienced duo of James Tracy and Ross Molony also among the replacements.
Both the hosts and the away side have 100% records in the competition so far, however, Leinster put in a huge performance last weekend in what was there first home game of the season, blowing the Ospreys away 53-5 and will hope to pick up maximum points again as they bid to win a third PRO14 crown in a row.
Check Out the Full 23-Man Squad Below.
Starting XV:
15. Hugo Keenan (7)
14. Dave Kearney (137)
13. Rory O’Loughlin (63)
12. Joe Tomane (15)
11. James Lowe (31)
10. Ross Byrne (73)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (72)
1. Peter Dooley (63)
2. Rónan Kelleher (4)
3. Michael Bent (126)
4. Devin Toner (233)
5. Scott Fardy (45) CAPTAIN
6. Max Deegan (48)
7. Scott Penny (6)
8. Caelan Doris (18)
Replacements:
16. James Tracy (94)
17. Michael Milne (2)
18. Vakh Abdaladze (9)
19. Ross Molony (84)
20. Josh Murphy (23)
21. Rowan Osborne (1)
22. Harry Byrne (2)
23. Jimmy O’Brien (8)
