Leinster v Edinburgh: Teams

Leinster have made just one change for the visit of Edinburgh in the Magners League on Sunday.

Former Gonzaga College flanker Dominic Ryan comes into the pack for the clash, joining Kevin McLaughlin and Jamie Heaslip in the back-row.

In the backs Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy, Rob Kearney and Shane Horgan will provide plenty of attacking impetus.

Bernard Jackman, though, was not considered due to a knee injury with the Ireland hooker rated extremely doubtful for rest of the season.

Edinburgh head coach Rob Moffat insists his side can snatch a spot in the play-offs by claiming all five points against the defending Heineken Cup champions.

Edinburgh need a maximum point haul against Leinster and Cardiff Blues to beat Munster with neither side collecting a bonus point if they are to sneak into the play-offs. If Munster do get the losing bonus point, then Edinburgh will have to hope their points differential can carry them through.

Moffat said: "We know what we have to do this weekend and the teams who finish in the top four and qualify for the play-offs are those who deserve to on their form over the whole season.

"We know we are capable of getting five points from the game in Dublin and that is not said with any disrespect to Leinster who are among the best teams in Europe and who will be hurting at their Heineken defeat last weekend.

"It's said from the fact that when we play to the best of our ability we can beat the best teams in Europe - just as we have against Stade Francais, the Ospreys, Bath and Munster this season."

Moffat has recalled Allister Hogg, Kyle Traynor, Jim Thompson and Steven Turnbull to the starting XV while Ben Cairns reverts to outside centre.

Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Isa Nacewa, 10 Shaun Berne, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Dominic Ryan, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Leo Cullen (c), 3 Stan Wright, 2 John Fogarty, 1 Cian Healy,
Replacements (from): Richardt Strauss, Mike Ross, CJ van der Linde, Malcolm O'Kelly, Sean O'Brien, Stephen Keogh, Paul O'Donohoe, Fergus McFadden, Girvan Dempsey.

Edinburgh: 15 Jim Thompson, 14 Tim Visser, 13 Ben Cairns, 12 Nick De Luca, 11 Mark Robertson, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Allister Hogg, 7 Roddy Grant (c), 6 Alan MacDonald, 5 Steven Turnbull, 4 Scott MacLeod, 3 Kyle Traynor, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Kelly, 17 Geoff Cross, 18 Jim Hamilton, 19 Scott Newlands, 20 Mike Blair/David Blair, 21 John Houston, 22 Andrew Turnbull.