Leinster v Glasgow Warriors: Guinness PRO12 preview
Friday 27 March 2015 21:32, UK
Leinster have included seven of Ireland’s Six Nations-winning side in their squad to face Glasgow Warriors at the RDS on Friday.
Ian Madigan, Eoin Reddan, Marty Moore, Jordi Murphy, Sean Cronin, Cian Healy and Luke Fitzgerald are all named in the match day 23, having featured in Ireland’s victory over Scotland last Saturday.
Madigan starts at inside centre with Reddan partnering Jimmy Gopperth at half-back, while Moore and Murphy are selected at tighthead and openside respectively.
South Africa international Zane Kirchner makes his 40th appearance for the province, while Cronin will win his 90th cap if he is introduced from the bench.
Guinness PRO12 leaders Glasgow also welcome back nine of their Scotland internationals for the trip to Dublin.
Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour, Mark Bennett and Finn Russell come into the backline with Tim Swinson and Rob Harley bolstering their pack, while Jonny Gray and Adam Ashe are named on the bench.
Al Kellock captains the Warriors for the 150th time, with scrum-half Henry Pyrgos named on the bench after recovering from a knee injury.
Leinster: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Ben Te'o, 12 Ian Madigan, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Eoin Reddan; 1 Michael Bent, 2 Richardt Strauss, 3 Marty Moore, 4 Tom Denton, 5 Mike McCarthy, 6 Jordi Murphy, 7 Shane Jennings (c), 8 Jack Conan.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Ben Marshall, 20 Dominic Ryan, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Gordon D'Arcy, 23 Luke Fitzgerald.
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Peter Horne, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Niko Matawalu; 1 Alex Allan, 2 Fraser Brown, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4Tim Swinson, 5 Al Kellock (c) 6 Rob Harley, 7 Chris Fusaro, 8 Josh Strauss.
Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Mike Cusack, 19 Jonny Gray, 20 Adam Ashe, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Connor Braid, 23 Richie Vernon.
