Dave Kearney and Fergus McFadden are in Leinster's starting XV for Sunday's PRO12 clash with Newport Gwent Dragons at the RDS (3pm).

However, despite not being included in Ireland's match-day 23 for Six Nations game against France tomorrow, Luke Fitzgerald is only on the Blues' bench.

After the Captain's Run this morning, Leinster head coach Matt O'Connor, who is without 12 players on international duty - announced nine changes from the team that started the Champions Cup against Wasps three weeks ago.

The game will not be televised.

LEINSTER (v Newport Gwent Dragons):

15. Dave Kearney
14. Fergus McFadden
13. Ben Te'o
12. Noel Reid
11. Darragh Fanning
10. Jimmy Gopperth
9. Luke McGrath
1. Michael Bent
2. Richardt Strauss
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Tom Denton
5. Kane Douglas
6. Dominic Ryan
7. Shane Jennings CAPTAIN
8. Jack Conan

16. Aaron Dundon
17. Peter Dooley
18. Jamie Hagan
19. Mike McCarthy
20. Josh Van Der Flier
21. John Cooney
22. Cathal Marsh
23. Luke Fitzgerald