Robbie Henshaw will make his much anticipated debut for Leinster tomorrow when they host Munster at the Aviva Stadium in the first big derby game of the season.
Henshaw has missed the opening weeks of the season after sustaining a shoulder injury while on duty with Ireland in South Africa, but the 23-year-old has been passed fit to play alongside Garry Ringrose in a mouth-watering centre partnership for the province.
Ticket sales have gone over the 39,000 mark, and tickets are still on sale from
www.leinsterrugby.ie/tickets and with a Ticketmaster van positioned on Lansdowne Road on match day from 11am.
There are 11 changes in total from the team that accounted for Cardiff Blues last Saturday with a number of internationals coming back into the fold.
Rob Kearney comes back from a knee injury sustained in the Round 2 game against Glasgow Warriors to take up his place at full back with Rory O'Loughlin on the right wing for his first home start and with captain Isa Nacewa on the left. Nacewa currently sits on 499 points for Leinster ahead of his 152nd appearance in blue.
Luke McGrath comes back in to the starting 15 with Johnny Sexton outside him after his Man of the Match performance last weekend.
In the pack it's a new front row with Irish internationals Cian Healy, Sean Cronin and Tadhg Furlong packing down.
Devin Toner is partnered in the second row by Cork native and former Munster player Ian Nagle who makes his first home appearance for Leinster.
In the back row Rhys Ruddock starts at blind side flanker with Jordi Murphy at open side.
Finally, Jamie Heaslip makes his 221st appearance for Leinster tomorrow in the Aviva Stadium and will equal Leo Cullen's 221 in moving into joint second place on the all-time appearance table. Gordon D'Arcy is still the club's most capped player with 261 appearances.
Kildare duo Joey Carbery and James Tracy have been named among the replacements for Leinster.
Kick-off at the Aviva Stadium is scheduled for 2.05pm tomorrow afternoon.
Leinster Rugby team to face Munster
15. Rob Kearney (178)
14. Rory O'Loughlin (3)
13. Garry Ringrose (26)
12. Robbie Henshaw (0)
11. Isa Nacewa (151) CAPTAIN
10. Johnny Sexton (128)
9. Luke McGrath (54)
1. Cian Healy (157)
2. Sean Cronin (117)
3. Tadhg Furlong (54)
4. Devin Toner (184)
5. Ian Nagle (1)
6. Rhys Ruddock (115)
7. Jordi Murphy (84)
8. Jamie Heaslip (220)
Replacements:
16. James Tracy (20)
17. Jack McGrath (98)
18. Mike Ross (139)
19. Ross Molony (27)
20. Dan Leavy (18)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (5)
22. Joey Carbery (5)
23. Noel Reid (64)
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