Friday's PRO12 teams

Guinness PRO12 league leaders Leinster welcome back Rob Kearney while Ospreys and Treviso contend with numerous injuries ahead of Round 20.

Leinster v Edinburgh (7.35pm)

After two months out of action, Kearney returns from injury for Leinster's Friday night match against Edinburgh at the RDS Arena.

Kearney will start at full-back having last played for the province on January 23 in their European clash against Wasps and Luke Fitzgerald also returns to the starting XV after an injury enforced absence.

In the pack, Leinster are fielding a new-look front row with Cian Healy, Richardt Strauss and Mike Ross replacing Jack McGrath, Sean Cronin and Tadhg Furlong.

A win over Edinburgh would see Leinster retain top position in the Guinness PRO12 with just two rounds of regular season matches to go after this weekend's fixtures.

Edinburgh make four changes to their starting XV, two in the backs and two in the forwards.

Melrose Sevens-winning captain Chris Dean comes in at outside centre and Sam Hidalgo-Clyne is promoted from the bench to start at scrum-half.

In the back row John Hardie returns from injury at openside while Jamie Ritchie is on the blindside

Edinburgh head into the game in seventh with just three points separating the cubs in fifth, sixth and seventh.

Alan Solomons' side beat Leinster in the opening round of the season but have only achieved a season double once over the Irish province back in 2003/04.

Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Ben Te'o, 12 Noel Reid, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Luke McGrath; 1 Cian Healy, 2 Richardt Strauss, 3 Mike Ross, 4 Ross Molony, 5 Mick Kearney, 6 Rhys Ruddock (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 8 Jordi Murphy.

Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Dominic Ryan, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Cathal Marsh, 23 Dave Kearney.

Edinburgh: 15. Blair Kinghorn, 14. Damien Hoyland, 13. Chris Dean, 12. Phil Burleigh, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Jason Tovey, 9  Sam Hidalgo-Clyne; 1 Alasdair Dickinson 2 Ross Ford (c), 3 WP Nel, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Ben Toolis, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 7 John Hardie, 8 Cornell Du Preez.

Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 John Andress, 19 Alex Toolis, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Hamish Watson, 22 Sean Kennedy, 23 Mike Allan.

Ospreys v Treviso (7.35pm)

Ospreys have never lost at home to an Italian side and will look to continue this unbeaten record when they host Treviso on Friday night.

Head coach Steve Tandy makes four changes to his starting XV with no less than 14 players watching from the side-lines due to injuries.

Eli Walker comes back onto the wing with Sam Parry, James King and Dan Baker starting in the pack.  

Ospreys' Round 19 victory at Newport Gwent Dragons ended a three match losing run and the Welsh region are currently sitting ninth in the Guinness PRO12 table.

Treviso are also missing of a number individuals due to injuries, 9 in total, and Marius Goosen's side are looking to reverse a four-match losing run in the competition.

Alberto Sgarbi and Luca Morisi form a new centre partnership with Sam Christie moving to fly-half. In the pack Simone Ferrari starts at tighthead prop and Teofilo Paulo and Jeff Montauriol will combine in the second-row.

Osprey's only defeat to Treviso in the Guinness PRO12 was in Italy in August 2012 and they'll be looking for a positive platform to take them into Judgement Day against Cardiff Blues on April 30.

Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans 14 Hanno Dirksen, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Eli Walker, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb (c); 1 Nicky Smith, 2 Sam Parry, 3 Dmitri Arhip, 4 Adam Beard, 5 Rynier Bernardo, 6 Olly Cracknell, 7 James King, 8 Dan Baker.

Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Dan Lydiate, 21 Brendon Leonard, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Ben John.

Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Ludovica Nitoglia, 10 Sam Christie, 9 Edoardo Gori; 1 Alberto De Marchi, 2 Luca Bigi, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Teofilo Paulo, 5 Jeff Montauriol, 6 Marco Lazzaroni, 7 Alessandro Zanni (c), 8 Robert Barbieri.

Replacements: 16 Ornal Gega, 17 Matteo Zanusso, 18 Salesi Manu, 19 Dean Budd, 20 Abraham Steyn, 21 Francesco Minto, 22 Chris Smylie, 23 James Ambrosini.