Leo Cullen calls 13 personnel and two positional changes; Connacht are full-strength
Leinster boss Leo Cullen was able to throw a weather-eye over Connacht's selection for the URC tussle at the Aviva this evening and came to the conclusion he expected.
Notes Cullen: "I get the sense they have been using the Challenge Cup games to gear up for this game, rather than the other way around. Essentially the Blues have dropped out 10 front-line internationals not just from the team but out of their match-day squad entirely. "We have put Rabah in the front-row and RG in the second-row and there is experience they have and then you talk about what's there in the nos8/9/10/12 axis and go to no15 and you can talk of Jimmy O'Brien as well, there is a lot of experience that he has.
Leinster: Jimmy O’Brien; Aitzol Arenzana-King, Charlie Tector, Jordie Barrett, Andrew Osborne, Ross Byrne, Luke McGrath; Jack Boyle, Gus McCarthy, Rabah Slimani, Diarmuid Mangan, RG Snyman, Alex Soroka, Scott Penny, Jack Conan .
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