Jamie Heaslip will captain Leinster for their RaboDirect Pro12 clash against Edinburgh in the RDS on Friday. The Naas man is one of three survivors in the starting XV from last weekend’s Heineken Cup quarter-final for the visit of the Scottish side.
In all there are eight Ireland internationals in the line-up with Heaslip joined in the back-row by Shane Jennings and Rhys Ruddock.
Damian Browne makes his 20th appearance of the season and partners Devin Toner at lock, with Sean Cronin joining Heinke van der Merwe and Nathan White in the front row.
Leinster XV v Edinburgh, Friday 13 April, kick-off 7.45pm:
15 Isa Nacewa, 14 David Kearney, 13 Fergus McFadden, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Fionn Carr, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Isaac Boss, 1 Heinke van der Merwe, 2 Sean Cronin, 3 Nathan White, 4 Damian Browne, 5 Devin Toner, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Shane Jennings, 8 Jamie Heaslip (capt)
Replacements:
16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Kevin McLaughlin, 20 Leo Auva'a 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Noel Reid, 23: Brendan Macken
