Leinster welcome back a number of internationals for Saturday's PRO12 clash with Treviso at Stadio di Monigo.
Jamie Heaslip make his first appearance of the season and captains the team in an all-Ireland international back-row alongside Shane Jennings and Kevin McLaughlin.
Devin Toner becomes the 20th Leinster player to reach the 100 cap milestone and he is named at second row alongside Damian Browne.
Heinke van der Merwe, a second half replacement at the RDS victory last weekend, is joined in the front row by hooker Richardt Strauss and Ireland tight-head prop Mike Ross.
In the backline Fergus McFadden, who is set to make his 75th Leinster appearance, partners Brian O'Driscoll at centre.
Eoin Reddan links up at half-back alongside Jonathan Sexton, with Ian Madigan (fresh from an 18-point haul against the Dragons) shifting to full-back and both Fionn Carr and Andrew Conway continuing on the wings after starting Leinster's 45-25 victory last weekend.
Leo Cullen is one of three Ireland internationals named on the bench alongside Isa Nacewa.
Meanwhile, Treviso coach Franco Smith has named a side featureing 12 internationals and only one player classified as foreigner, Kiwi Dean Budd, who is on the bench.
In total, the starting XV boasts 352 international caps.
Three players player their first games this season: Tommaso Benvenuti comes in at outside centre; Tobias Botes is at scrum-half while Leonardo Ghiraldini features in the front row.
Luke McLean returns to the run-on side at full-back.
Form: Treviso won the opening game of the season against Ospreys but tripped up to Munster in round two of the RaboDirect PRO12. Treviso have lost their last five encounters with the Irish provinces. Leinster got back to winning ways with a 45-25 victory over Dragons at the RDS on Saturday. The Leinstermen have won their last seven fixtures against Italian opponents. Treviso's only previous victory over Leinster was 29-13 at Stadio Monigo on 18 September 2010.
The teams:
Treviso: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Edoardo Gori, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Ludovico Nitoglia, 10 Alberto Di Bernardo, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Simone Favaro, 5 Corniel Van Zyl (c), 4 Francesco Minto, 3 Ignacio Fernandez-Rouyet, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Alberto De Marchi.
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Valerio Bernaḅ, 20 Dean Budd, 21 Marco Filippucci, 22 Fabio Semenzato, 23 Kristopher Burton.
Leinster: 15 Ian Madigan, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Fergus McFadden, 11 Fionn Carr, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip (c), 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Devin Toner, 4 Damian Browne, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Heinke van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Jamie Hagan, 19 Leo Cullen, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 John Cooney, 22 Noel Reid, 23 Isa Nacewa.
Date: Saturday, September 15
Kick-off: 19:05 local (18:05 BST)
Venue: Stadio di Monigo
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
Assistant referees: Carlo Damasco (Italy), Stefano Traversi (Italy)
Television match official: Stefano Marrama (Italy)
Timekeeper: Walter Borghetto (Italy)
Assessor: Giannino Cappellozza (Italy)
Comments
Lucasrg says...
Gori at 14?? sounds the sick room is pretty busy :o
It's gonna be a win for Leinster but I'm sure it will be close.
Posted 22:02 14th September 2012
lele says...
one of the best lines-up for Treviso but at the end i think leinster will win...
Posted 17:30 14th September 2012
Carpelone says...
At least, a decent line-up from both teams. Should be entertaining.
Posted 14:57 14th September 2012
leinsterblue says...
@ crunchfit - yeah, agree about the choice at 15...can't really remember him playing there for us previously...good to see Noel Reid getting to the bench - he had a great game last week...I think Carr is finally beginning to live up to his potential - last season I felt that there was too much of the headless chicken about him, but this year he seems more focused and aware when he is running with the ball
overall, a pretty strong team and hopefully we can put in a good away performance and come home with the win...
Posted 14:12 14th September 2012
melkdave says...
Well looks like Leinster VItaly doesnt it LOL,at least its a full strength or near enough Leinster team,should be a good match.But in the end i expect a Leinster win
Posted 13:56 14th September 2012
leinster_goy says...
welcome back Drico, Sexyboy et al. Madders at 15 is intriguing
Devvers = LEDGE
Posted 13:52 14th September 2012
crunchfit says...
Interesting no. 15 for Leinster. Nice to See Conway getting more game time. We have one or two too many good wingers / wing prospects in my opinion to get sufficient game time between them all.
Posted 13:42 14th September 2012