Leinster v Scarlets: Teams

Leinster have named an unchanged side as they look to do the double over Pool Six rivals Scarlets in the Heineken Cup.

Having won 32-7 in Wales last weekend, head coach Michael Cheika has understandably kept faith with the same starting XV.

That means Shaun Berne, who starred with 17 points in the bonus-point victory, continues to fill in for the injured Jonathan Sexton at fly-half.

Shane Horgan grabbed his 25th Heineken Cup try against the Scarlets, becoming the second Leinster player - after centre Brian O'Driscoll - to reach the milestone.

Difficult group

"Because we are in such a difficult group, every point and every try is going to count," Cheika said.

"We were happy to get that fourth try at Parc-y-Scarlets, but now we have to make sure we eliminate the negative parts we showed in the second-half and build a better performance for Saturday.

"It is about being more physical, more aggressive and more ruthless. We cannot rest on what we have done."

Leinster's 23-man squad contains no less than 13 Ireland internationals for a match that will be a sell out on Saturday.

Scarlets, meanwhile, head to Dublin looking to get their campaign back on track having suffered their first defeat in Europe last time out.

Head coach Nigel Davies knows that his players cannot afford to be below par as they look to pull off a surprise at the home of the reigning champions.

"If you are going to beat Leinster at their home, you have got to be on top of your game - not a few per cent off which is what we were last weekend," he said on the club's website.

"I have reflected on our performance and I feel the same about how well Leinster played - they were very good, they played with great intensity.

"But I am more angry than anything else with us, because we didn't do ourselves justice - there were lots of opportunities that we created but our accuracy let us down."

Davies has opted to bring in Rhys Priestland at full-back while Darren Daniel starts on the wing. In the pack, Johnathan Edwards comes in at flanker to make his first start in the competition this season.

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 Sean O'Brien, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Leo Cullen, 3 CJ Van Der Linde, 2 John Fogarty, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Bernard Jackman, 17 Mike Ross, 18 Stan Wright, 19 Malcolm O'Kelly, 20 Stephen Keogh, 21 Paul O'Donohoe, 22 Fergus McFadden, 23 Girvan Dempsey.

Scarlets: 15 Rhys Priestland, 14 Darren Daniel, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Jon Davies, 11 Andrew Fenby, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Martin Roberts, 8 David Lyons, 7 Jon Edwards, 6 Simon Easterby, 5 Dominic Day, 4 Lou Reed, 3 Deacon Manu, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Iestyn Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Emyr Phillips, 17 Phil John, 18 Jamie Corsi, 19 Vernon Cooper, 20 Rob McCusker, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Daniel Evans, 23 Gareth Maule.