Squad news:The Leinster team to face the Glasgow Warriors in the Magners Celtic League at Hughenden on Friday shows three changes to that which lost in the Heineken Cup last weekend.
Christian Warner will partner Gordon D'Arcy at centre, Brian Blaney is included in the front row, with Cameron Jowitt starting in the back-row alongside Keith Gleeson and Jamie Heaslip.
Felipe Contepomi, the league's top points scorer with 137, captains the side. Kevin McLaughlin and Luke Fitzgerald are named on a strong-looking bench.
Both Bernard Jackman and Stephen Keogh miss the game through injury.
Meanwhile Connacht coach Michael Bradley named a 27-man squad ahead of their clash with Cardiff Blues at the Sportsground on Saturday.
There are call-ups for both Connacht members of the Ireland U20 grand slam winning side, Aidan Wynne and Andrew Browne. This will be the first time both players have been included in a squad before a competitive senior match for the province.
Matt Mostyn has also been included, having recovered from his
ankle injury sustained in the previous clash between these two
sides in November, while scoring a try.
Leinster:Girvan Dempsey, Shane Horgan, Gordon
D'Arcy, Christian Warner, Denis Hickie, Felipe Contepomi (C), Chris
Whitaker, Stanley Wright, Brian Blaney, Will Green, Trevor Hogan,
Malcolm O'Kelly, Cameron Jowitt, Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip
Replacements:Reggie Corrigan, Harry Vermaas, Owen
Finegan, Kevin McLaughlin, Guy Easterby, Luke Fitzgerald, Rob
Kearney
Connacht: Andrew Browne, Gavin Duffy, Peter
Durcan, Andrew Farley, Adrian Flavin, John Fogarty, David Gannon,
John Hearty, Ray Hogan, Chris Keane, Stephen Knoop, David McGowan,
Mark McHugh, Conor McPhillips, Matt Mostyn, John Muldoon, Ray
Ofisa, Colm Rigney, Daniel Riordan, David Slemen, Ryan Strudwick,
Brett Sturgess, Michael Swift, Paul Warwick, Brett Wilkinson, Aidan
Wynne, Darren Yapp.
Not considered due to injury:Keith Matthews (knee), Ronan
Loughney (knee), Brendan O'Connor (arm), Ted Robinson (hamstring),
Tom Tierney (ankle), Gavin Williams (hamstring)