Brian O’Driscoll, Jamie Heaslip and Mike Ross will all be rested for Leinster’s RaboDirect PRO12game with the Ospreys on Friday night as big changea re made to the side who bklew past Biarritz in last weekend’s Challenge Cup semi-final at the RDS.
Jonny Sexton and Isaac Boss start alongside each other, while Ian Madigan and Fergus McFadden start in the centre. Sexton goes into the game just 28 points away from reaching 1000 points for Leinster.
Lions man Sean O’Brien starts at 8, alongside Shane Jennings and Rhys Ruddock.
The front row consists of Jack McGrath, Sean Cronin and Jamie Hagan.
LEINSTER
15: Rob Kearney
14: Andrew Conway
13: Fergus McFadden
12: Ian Madigan
11: Isa Nacewa
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Isaac Boss
1: Jack McGrath
2: Sean Cronin
3: Jamie Hagan
4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN
5: Quinn Roux
6: Rhys Ruddock
7: Shane Jennings
8: Sean O’Brien
REPLACEMENTS:
16: Richardt Strauss
17: Cian Healy
18: Michael Bent
19: Devin Toner
20: Dominic Ryan
21: John Cooney
22: Andrew Goodman
23: Brian O’Driscoll
Image: Guy Easterby and Sean O'Brien
at yesterday's Leinster press briefing ©INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
